''Silurus lanzhouensis'', the Lanzhou catfish, is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
catfish
Catfish (or catfishes; order (biology), order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Catfish are common name, named for their prominent barbel (anatomy), barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, though not ...
found in Asia in the upper Yellow River, China.
Description
This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of the city of Lanzhou (also spelled Lanchow), in the Gansu Province, China, a city on the Yellow River, where the type specimen was found.
References
Silurus
Taxa named by Chen Hsiang-Lin
Fish described in 1977
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