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Siluridae
Siluridae is the nominate family (biology), family of catfishes in the order (biology), order Siluriformes. About 105 living species of silurids are placed in 12 or 14 genera. Although silurids occur across much of Europe and Asia, they are most diverse in Southeast Asia, beyond which their diversity decreases in temperate East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Southwest Asia, and Europe. Silurids are apparently absent from much of central Asia. The family can be divided into two groups, a temperate North Eurasian clade and a more diverse subtropical/tropical South and Southeast Asian clade. Notable species *Wels catfish, ''Silurus glanis'' *Phantom catfish, ''Kryptopterus vitreolus'' *''Wallago attu'' *''Wallagonia leerii'' *Aristotle's catfish *Amur catfish *''Phalacronotus apogon'' *''Ompok'' Common features The family Siluridae is very diverse, with not very many distinctive features among all species, but some major ones include gigantism, and smaller versions of attributes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ompok
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. Taxonomy The genus is recognized to be paraphyly, paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such as the ''Ompok bimaculatus'' group (i.e. ''O. bimaculatus'', ''O. malabaricus'' and ''O. miostoma''), the ''O. eugeneiatus'' group (i.e. ''O. eugeneiatus'' and ''O. pinnatus''), the ''O. hypophthalmus'' group (i.e. ''O. hypophthalmus'', ''O. rhabdinurus'' and ''O. urbaini'') and the ''O. leiacanthus'' group (''O. fumidus'', ''O. jaynei'' and ''O. leiacanthus'').Bornbusch, A.H. (1995): Phylogenetic relationships within the Eurasian catfish family Siluridae (Pisces: Siluriformes), with comments on generic validities and biogeography. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115 (1): 1–46.''Ng, H.H. (2003): A review of the ''Ompok hypophthalmus'' group of silurid catfishes with the description of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kryptopterus
''Kryptopterus'' is a genus of catfishes belonging to the family Siluridae. They are found in freshwater throughout Southeast Asia. The scientific name comes from Ancient Greek ''kryptós'' (κρυπτός, "hidden") + ''ptéryx'' (πτέρυξ, "fin"). It refers to the reduced or even entirely absent dorsal fin of these catfishes. These small- to medium-sized catfishes have opaque, transparent or translucent bodies, hence their common name Asian glass catfishes. Despite this name, only three described species have clearly transparent bodies: '' K. minor'', '' K. piperatus'' and '' K. vitreolus''.Ng, H-H. and M. Kottelat (2013). ''After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae)'' Zootaxa 3630: 308–316. Most significant among these is the ghost catfish (''K. vitreolus''), which is the "glass catfish" most often seen in the aquarium fish trade. This species was initially confused with the larger glass catfish (''K. bicirrhis''; infre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silurus
''Silurus'' is a genus of catfishes native to Europe and Asia. Species There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * '' 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 * '' Silurus caobangensis'' V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (yellow catfish) * '' Silurus chantrei'' Sauvage, 1882 * '' Silurus dakrongensis'' V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (Dakrong catfish) * '' 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) * '' Silurus lanzhouensis'' H. L. Chen, 1977 (Lanzhou catfish) * '' Silurus lithophilus'' Tomoda, 1961 (rock catfish) * '' Silurus long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amur Catfish
''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 habitats across East Asia and has a high aquaculture. As a freshwater species, it can be found only in the catchments of rivers, ponds, and lakes located in China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, the Russian Amur Basin and northern Vietnam. ''S. asotus'' features are characteristic of a huge silurid catfish, featuring a white stomach and sporadic white spots on its sides. Fish have one pair of mandibular barbels and one pair of maxillary barbels, which are longer than the head, in both immature and adulthood. The young of this species have an additional pair of mandibular barbels. This species may reach a maximum length of 130 cm, although its typical length is between 30 and 60 cm, and its maximum weight is 30–40 kg. Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 all catfish have prominent barbels or "whiskers", with some seemingly not having them. Siluriformes as a whole are Fish scale, scale-less, with neither the Armoured catfish, armour-plated nor the naked species having scales. This order of fish are Autapomorphy, defined by features of the skull and swimbladder. Catfish range in size and behavior from the three List of largest fish, largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to detritivorous and scavenging bottom feeders, down to tiny ectoparasitic species known as the Candiru (fish), candirus. In the Southern United States, catfish species may be known by a variety of slang names, such as "mud cat", " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallago
''Wallago'' is a genus of catfishes order Siluriformes of the family Siluridae, or sheatfish. They are found in rivers throughout southern and southeastern Asia. The only extant species of this genus is '' Wallago attu''. Taxonomy The monophyly of this genus is ambiguous and it is not diagnosed by any synapomorphies. The name is derived from Wallagoo, a Telugu name in Vishakapatnam noted by Patrick Russell in his 1803 book. Species There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus, of which only one is recent: * '' Wallago attu'' (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Wallago) *† ''Wallago maemohensis'' ( Roberts, 2014) (extinct since the Miocene) For a long time, the ''Wallago'' genus was thought to include more species, namely '' Wallagonia leerii'' (helicopter catfish), '' Wallagonia maculatus'' and '' Wallagonia micropogon''. However, a close investigation by Tyson R. Roberts of their osteological features yielded that all these species actually belong to two entirely sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallago Attu
''Wallago attu'', boal, or helicopter catfish, is a species of freshwater catfish of the family Siluridae, native to South and Southeast Asia. ''W. attu'' is found in large rivers and lakes in two geographically disconnected regions (disjunct distribution), with one population living over much of the Indian Subcontinent and the other in parts of Southeast Asia. This species can reach a length up to .Roberts, T.R. (2014): ''Wallago'' Bleeker, 1851 and ''Wallagonia'' Myers, 1938 (Ostariophysi, Siluridae), Distinct Genera of Tropical Asian Catfishes, with Description of †''Wallago maemohensis'' from the Miocene of Thailand. ''Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 55 (1): 35-47.'' It shares parts of its native range with the externally similar, but much larger '' Wallagonia leerii'', and is subsequently often confused for it. It can, however, be differentiated by its relatively long and narrower head, as well as its dorsal fin, which is high and sharp, opposed to that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemisilurus
''Hemisilurus'' is a genus of sheatfishes native to Southeast Asia. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Hemisilurus heterorhynchus'' ( Bleeker, 1854) * '' Hemisilurus mekongensis'' Bornbusch & Lundberg, 1989 * '' Hemisilurus moolenburghi'' Weber & de Beaufort, 1913 Species in this genus have no dorsal fin and only two barbels. ''Hemisilurus mekongensis'', known as ''Pa nang daeng'' in the Laotian language (), is endemic to the Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of and a drainage area of , discharging of wat ... basin. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallagonia Leerii
''Wallagonia leerii'', also known as the Tapah and formerly the striped wallago catfish is a species of catfish native to Southeast Asia. Its habitat ranges from the river drainages of Thailand through the Malayan peninsula to the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia. It can grow up to in length and weigh up to . It has been used as food in Southeast Asia since ancient times. Overfishing for its prized meat has caused the population to significantly decrease. Furthermore, the breeding migration pattern of this fish is especially vulnerable to damming, which has also decreased the wild population significantly. Until osteological research validated the genus '' Wallagonia'' in 2014, ''W. leerii'' was included in the genus ''Wallago''.Roberts, T.R. (2014): ''Wallago'' Bleeker, 1851 and ''Wallagonia'' Myers, 1938 (Ostariophysi, Siluridae), Distinct Genera of Tropical Asian Catfishes, with Description of †''Wallago maemohensis'' from the Miocene of Thailand. ''Bulletin of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallagonia
''Wallagonia'' is a recently established genus of silurid catfishes, containing 3 distinct species, all of whom are native to Southeast Asia: *''Wallagonia leerii'' *'' Wallagonia maculatus'' *'' Wallagonia micropogon'' For the longest time, these species were included in the genus Wallago, only in 2014 the separate genus Wallagonia was finally established based on osteological features that clearly separate the two.Roberts, T.R. (2014): ''Wallago Bleeker, 1851 and Wallagonia Myers, 1938 (Ostariophysi, Siluridae), Distinct Genera of Tropical Asian Catfishes, with Description of †Wallago maemohensis from the Miocene of Thailand.'' Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 55 (1): 35-47. doi:10.3374/014.055.0103 While ''W. leerii'' is spread widely throughout Southeast Asia, ''W. micropogon'' and ''W. maculatus'' have a highly restricted habitat, with ''W. micropogon'' only occurring in the Mekong river basin and ''W. maculatus'' only occurring in the Kinabatangan riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterocryptis
''Pterocryptis'' is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. There are two cavefish species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' and ''P. cucphuongensis''. Species There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: *'' Pterocryptis anomala'' ( Herre, 1934) *'' Pterocryptis barakensis'' Vishwanath & Nebeshwar Sharma, 2006 *'' Pterocryptis berdmorei'' ( Blyth, 1860) *'' Pterocryptis bokorensis'' ( Pellegrin & Chevey, 1937) *'' Pterocryptis buccata'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 1998 (Cave sheatfish) *'' Pterocryptis burmanensis'' ( Thant, 1966) *'' Pterocryptis cochinchinensis'' (Valenciennes, 1840) *'' Pterocryptis crenula'' H. H. Ng & Freyhof, 2001 *'' Pterocryptis cucphuongensis'' ( Mai, 1978) *'' Pterocryptis furnessi'' ( Fowler, 1905) *'' Pterocryptis gangelica'' Peters, 1861 *'' Pterocryptis indica'' (Datta, Barman & Jayaram, 1987) *'' Pterocryptis inusitata'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Catfish
''Kryptopterus vitreolus'', known commonly as the glass catfish, the glass cat, the ghost catfish or the phantom catfish, is a small species of translucent-bodied, social glass catfish in the family Siluridae. It is commonly seen in captivity and in the freshwater aquarium trade, although its official taxonomy is still debatable, and was only truly resolved in 2013. Glass catfish are endemic to Thailand, where they inhabit rivers and streams south of the Isthmus of Kra that drain into the Gulf of Thailand and river basins in the Cardamom Mountains. There are also unconfirmed reports from Penang, Malaysia. Until 1989, ''K. vitreolus'' was considered to be the same as another "glass catfish", ''Kryptopterus bicirrhis'', a larger species that is not commonly seen in captivity. Additionally, ''K. vitreolus'' was believed to be the same as '' K. minor'' until 2013, when it was established that captive specimens actually represented another species, which is now named as ''K. vitreolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
