Silurus is a genus of catfishes native to Europe and Asia.
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| Silurus biwaensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Silurus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758
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Species
editThere are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Silurus aristotelis Garman, 1890 (Aristotle's catfish)
- Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758 (Amur catfish)
- Silurus biwaensis Tomoda, 1961 (Lake Biwa giant catfish)
- Silurus burmanensis Thant, 1967 [2]
- Silurus caobangensis V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (yellow catfish) [3]
- Silurus chantrei Sauvage, 1882
- Silurus dakrongensis V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (Dakrong catfish) [3]
- Silurus duanensis X. Y. Hu, J. H. Lan & C. G. Zhang, 2004
- Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 (Wels catfish)
- Silurus grahami Regan, 1907
- Silurus langsonensis V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (flower catfish) [3]
- Silurus lanzhouensis H. L. Chen, 1977 (Lanzhou catfish)
- Silurus lithophilus Tomoda, 1961 (rock catfish)
- Silurus longibarbatus Li, J, Li, X. H., Zhang, G, He, Y. J., 2019
- Silurus mento Regan, 1904 (Kunming catfish)
- Silurus meridionalis H. L. Chen, 1977 (Yangtze catfish)
- Silurus microdorsalis (Mori, 1936) (slender catfish)
- Silurus soldatovi Nikolskii & Soin, 1948 (Soldatov's catfish)
- Silurus tomodai Y. Hibino & Tabata, 2018 [4]
- Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish)
References
edit- ^ "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Britz R., Win T. (2010). "Redescription of Silurus burmanensis Thant 1967: a Silurus not a Pterocryptis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Siluridae)". Zootaxa. 2647: 61–68.
- ^ a b c Nguyễn Văn Hảo; Vũ Thị Hồng Nguyên; Nguyễn Thị Diệu Phương (2015). "Three Fish Species of The Genus Silurus Linnaeus, 1758, (Siluridae, Siluriformes) Newly Discovered in Northern Vietnam" (PDF). Journal of Science and Development. 13 (1): 65–74.
- ^ Hibino, Yusuke; Tabata, Ryoichi (2018-08-15). "Description of a new catfish, Silurus tomodai (Siluriformes: Siluridae) from central Japan". Zootaxa. 4459 (3): 507–524. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
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