| Amur catfish, Japanese catfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Parasilurus |
| Species: | P. asotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parasilurus asotus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Silurus asotus |
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Amur catfish, Parasilurus asotus,[1] is a species of catfish (sheatfish), family Siluridae. It is a large freshwater fish found in continental East Asia and in Japan. Prefers slow-flowing rivers, lakes, irrigation canals. Appearance typical of a large Silurid catfish, as in species of the (closely related) nominal genus Silurus. Larval P. asotus has three pairs of barbels (one maxillary, two mandibular), while adult fish has only two pairs (one maxillary, one mandibular); second pair of mandibular barbels degenerates.[2]