''Silurus'' is a

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catfishes Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) 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 three largest species alive, ...

native to

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Species

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Silurus aristotelis Aristotle's catfish (''Silurus aristotelis'') is a species of fish in the family Siluridae. It is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the Acheloos River drainage. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss. This ...

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, 1890 (Aristotle's catfish) * ''

Silurus asotus The Amur catfish, or Japanese common catfish, ''Silurus asotus'', is a species of catfish (sheatfish), family Siluridae. It is a large freshwater fish found in continental East Asia and in Japan. It prefers slow-flowing rivers, lakes, and irrigati ...

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, the ...

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(Amur catfish) * ''

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 ...

'' Tomoda, 1961 (

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giant catfish) * ''

Silurus burmanensis ''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) * ' ...

'' Thant, 1967 * ''

Silurus caobangensis ''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) * ...

'' V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (Yellow catfish) * ''

Silurus chantrei ''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) * ...

'' Sauvage, 1882 * ''

Silurus dakrongensis ''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) * ...

'' V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (Dakrong catfish) * ''

Silurus duanensis ''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) * ...

'' X. Y. Hu, J. H. Lan & C. G. Zhang, 2004 * ''

Silurus glanis The wels catfish ( or ; ''Silurus glanis''), also called sheatfish or just wels, is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, in the basins of the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas. It has been introd ...

(Wels catfish) * ''

Silurus grahami ''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) * ...

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, 1907 * ''

Silurus langsonensis ''Silurus'' is a genus of catfishes native to Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also consid ...

'' V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (Flower catfish) * ''

Silurus lanzhouensis ''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) * ''S ...

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

Silurus lithophilus ''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) * ' ...

'' Tomoda, 1961 (Rock catfish) * ''

Silurus longibarbatus ''Silurus'' is a genus of Siluridae, catfishes native to Europe and Asia. Species There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * ''Silurus aristotelis'' Samuel Garman, Garman, 1890 (Aristotle's catfish) * ''Silurus asotus'' Carl Linn ...

'' Li, Li, Zhang & He, 2019 * '' Silurus mento''

, 1904 (Kunming catfish) * '' Silurus meridionalis'' H. L. Chen, 1977 (Yangtze catfish) * '' Silurus microdorsalis''

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, 1936 (Slender catfish) * ''

Silurus soldatovi ''Silurus soldatovi'', Soldatov's catfish or northern sheatfish (russian: сом Vladimir Konstantinovich Soldatov, Солдатова), is a large catfish species from the Far East. Habitat Soldatov's catfish lives in Amur River (Ussuri) in Ru ...

'' Nikolskii & Soin, 1948 (Soldatov's catfish) *'' Silurus tomodai'' * '' Silurus triostegus'' Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish)

References

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