''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 described ''
Silurus biwaensis
''Silurus biwaensis'', the giant Lake Biwa catfish or ''Biwako-o'namazu'' (ビワコオオナマズ (Japan)), is a large predatory catfish species endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan.
Description
The giant Lake Biwa catfish is very similar to wels cat ...
'' and ''
Silurus lithophilus'' in 1961.
References
tomodai
Fish described in 2018
Taxa named by Yusuke Hibino
Taxa named by Ryoichi Tabata
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