Silurus
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Silurus is a genus of catfish
in the Siluridae family.
It contains the following species:
Catfish
Catfishes are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest and longest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the second longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores...
in the Siluridae family.
It contains the following species:
- Silurus glanis (wels catfish)
- Silurus aristotelis (Aristotle's catfish)
- Silurus furnessSilurus furnessSilurus furness is a species of fish in the Siluridae family. It is endemic to Malaysia.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 5 August 2007....
- Silurus mentoSilurus mentoThe Kunming catfish, Silurus mento, is a species of fish in the Siluridae family. It is endemic to China....
- Silurus asotus = Parasilurus asotusParasilurus asotusAmur catfish, Parasilurus asotus, is a species of catfish , family Siluridae. It is a large freshwater fish found in continental East Asia and in Japan. Prefers slow-flowing rivers, lakes, irrigation canals. Appearance typical of a large Silurid catfish, as in species of the nominal genus Silurus....
(Amur catfish, Japanese catfish). - Silurus biwaensis (giant Lake BiwaLake Biwais the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shiga Prefecture , northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto. Because of its proximity to the ancient capital, references to Lake Biwa appear frequently in Japanese literature, particularly in poetry and in historical accounts of battles.-...
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