Silurus Explained
Silurus is a genus of catfishes native to Europe and Asia.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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 [2]
- Silurus caobangensis V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (yellow catfish) [3]
- Silurus chantrei Sauvage, 1882
- Silurus dakrongensis V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (Dakrong catfish) [3]
- 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) [3]
- Silurus lanzhouensis H. L. Chen, 1977 (Lanzhou catfish)
- Silurus lithophilus 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 (Mori, 1936) (slender catfish)
- Silurus soldatovi Nikolskii & Soin, 1948 (Soldatov's catfish)
- Silurus tomodai [4]
- Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish)
Notes and References
- Web site: World Register of Marine Species. 2021-10-20.
- Britz R., Win T. . 2010 . Redescription of Silurus burmanensis Thant 1967: a Silurus not a Pterocryptis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Siluridae) . Zootaxa . 2647 . 61–68 .
- Nguyễn Văn Hảo . Vũ Thị Hồng Nguyên . Nguyễn Thị Diệu Phương . 2015 . Three Fish Species of The Genus Silurus Linnaeus, 1758, (Siluridae, Siluriformes) Newly Discovered in Northern Vietnam . Journal of Science and Development . 13 . 1 . 65–74 .
- Hibino. Yusuke. Tabata. Ryoichi. 2018-08-15. Description of a new catfish, Silurus tomodai (Siluriformes: Siluridae) from central Japan. Zootaxa. en. 4459. 3. 507–524. 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.5. 1175-5334.
