''Silurus'' is a

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of catfishes native to

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Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * '' Silurus aristotelis'' Garman, 1890 (Aristotle's catfish) * '' Silurus asotus''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...

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 zoological ...

(Amur catfish) * '' Silurus biwaensis'' Tomoda, 1961 (

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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''

(Wels catfish) * '' Silurus grahami''

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, 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 longibarbatus'' Li, Li, Zhang & He, 2019 * ''

Silurus mento The Kunming catfish (''Silurus mento'') is a critically endangered species of catfish in the family Siluridae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, n ...

, 1904 (Kunming catfish) * ''

Silurus meridionalis ''Silurus meridionalis'', the Yangtze catfish, is a species of catfish found in Asia in the middle Yangtze River basin, China. Description This species reaches a length of . References Silurus Taxa named by Chen Hsiang-Lin Fish desc ...

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

Silurus microdorsalis ''Silurus microdorsalis'', the slender catfish, is a species of catfish found in Asia, in the Yalu River in Korea and China. Description This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish's name means small dorsal fin in Latin. Referen ...

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, 1936 (Slender catfish) * '' Silurus soldatovi'' Nikolskii & Soin, 1948 (Soldatov's catfish) *''

Silurus tomodai ''Silurus tomodai'' is a species of catfish found in Japan. This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish is named in honor of Tomoda Katsuzo, a Japanese ichthyologist who contributed to the study of catfishes in Japan and who descri ...

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Silurus triostegus ''Silurus triostegus'', the Mesopotamian catfish, is a species of catfish found in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Description This species reaches a length of . References Silurus Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel Fish described in 1 ...

'' Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish)

References

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