THE LABYRINTH CATFISH FAMILY Clariidae
WALKING CATFISH Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE: Introduced - Non-
reproducing. A single confirmed hook-and-line record (MCZ 57047)
from Lake Waldo, Brockton, in August 1971 is probably due to an
aquarium release. Three to four additional specimens from eastern
Massachusetts ponds were received by the MDFW in the mid-1970's but
records were not kept (J. Bergin MDFW pers. com., 1992).
from: An Annotated Working List of the Inland Fishes of
Massachusetts. © 1996. K.E. Hartel (hartel@mcz.harvard.edu),
D.B. Halliwell (arcsys@mint.net) and A.E. Launer (aelauner@leland.stanford.edu).