title: Clarotes
text: # Clarotes
  
  Clarotes is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to East Africa.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently two extant species and one fossil species recognized in this genus:
  
  * Clarotes bidorsalis Pellegrin, 1938
  * †Clarotes eocenicus Murray & Holmes, 2021
  * Clarotes laticeps (Rüppell, 1829) (Widehead catfish)
  