''Silurus'' is a

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of catfishes native to Europe and Asia.

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Silurus aristotelis Aristotle's catfish (''Silurus aristotelis'') is a species of fish in the family Siluridae. It is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the Acheloos River drainage. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss. This ...

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, 1890 (Aristotle's catfish) * ''

Silurus asotus ''Silurus asotus'', commonly called the Amur catfish, Japanese common catfish, Far Eastern catfish, and Chinese catfish, is a carnivorous catfish species belonging to the Siluridae family. It lives in widespread distribution in freshwater habitat ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

(Amur catfish) * ''

Silurus biwaensis ''Silurus biwaensis'', the giant Lake Biwa catfish, is a large predatory catfish species endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan. Description The giant Lake Biwa catfish is very similar to wels catfish, which it is closely related to. It has an elongated ...

'' Tomoda, 1961 (

Lake Biwa is the largest freshwater lake in Japan. It is located entirely within Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu), northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto. Lake Biwa is an ancient lake, over 4 million years old. It is estimated to be the 13 ...

giant catfish) * '' Silurus burmanensis'' Thant, 1967 * ''

Silurus caobangensis ''Silurus caobangensis'', the yellow catfish, is a species of catfish found in the Bang River, Cao Bang Province, Vietnam. Etymology The fish is named after Cao Bang Cao or CAO may refer to: Mythology *Cao (bull), a legendary bull in Mei ...

'' V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (yellow catfish) * '' Silurus chantrei'' Sauvage, 1882 * ''

Silurus dakrongensis ''Silurus dakrongensis'', the Dakrong catfish, is a species 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 promin ...

'' V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (Dakrong catfish) * ''

Silurus duanensis ''Silurus duanensis'', is a species 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), bar ...

'' X. Y. Hu, J. H. Lan & C. G. Zhang, 2004 * ''

Silurus glanis The wels catfish ( or ; ''Silurus glanis''), also called sheatfish or just wels, is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, in the basins of the Baltic Sea, Baltic, Black Sea, Black and Caspian ...

(Wels catfish) * ''

Silurus grahami ''Silurus grahami'' is an endangered species 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 (anat ...

'' Regan, 1907 * ''

Silurus langsonensis ''Silurus langsonensis'', the flower catfish, is a species of catfish found in the Ky Cung River, Lạng Sơn province, Vietnam. Etymology The species is named after Lang Son Province Lang may refer to: *Lang (surname), a surname of independe ...

'' V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (flower catfish) * ''

Silurus lanzhouensis ''Silurus lanzhouensis'', the Lanzhou catfish, is a species 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 promine ...

'' H. L. Chen, 1977 (Lanzhou catfish) * ''

Silurus lithophilus ''Silurus lithophilus'', the rock catfish, is a species of catfish that is endemic to the Lake Biwa is the largest freshwater lake in Japan. It is located entirely within Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu), northeast of the former capi ...

'' 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'' (

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, 1936) (slender catfish) * '' Silurus soldatovi'' Nikolskii & Soin, 1948 (Soldatov's catfish) *'' Silurus tomodai'' * '' Silurus triostegus'' Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish) ;Fossil species *'' Silurus joergi'' Gaudant, 2015

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of Germany. *'' Silurus spinosus'' Kovalchuk & Ferraris, 2016 Late Miocene of Ukraine.

References

Siluridae Catfish genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Freshwater fish genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{catfish-stub