Silurus
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| Silurus | |
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| Silurus biwaensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Silurus Linnaeus, 1758 [1] |
Silurus is a genus of sheatfishes native to Europe and Asia.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: [2]
- Silurus aristotelis Garman, 1890 (Aristotle's catfish)
- Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758 (Amur catfish, Japanese common catfish)
- Silurus biwaensis (Tomoda, 1961) (Giant lake biwa catfish, Eurasian catfish)
- Silurus chantrei Sauvage, 1882 – validity questionable, possibly a synonym of S. glanis.
- Silurus duanensis X. Y. Hu, J. H. Lan & C. G. Zhang, 2004
- Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 (Wels catfish)
- Silurus grahami Regan, 1907
- Silurus lanzhouensis H. L. Chen, 1977
- Silurus lithophilus (Tomoda, 1961) (Biwa rock catfish)
- Silurus mento Regan, 1904
- Silurus meridionalis H. L. Chen, 1977
- Silurus microdorsalis (T. Mori, 1936)
- Silurus soldatovi G. V. Nikolskii & Soin, 1948 (Soldatov's catfish)
- Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2011). "Silurus Linnaeus, 1758". In Nicolas Bailly. FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Silurus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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