Silurus is a genus of catfishes native to Europe and Asia.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:
- Silurus aristotelis <small>Garman, 1890</small> (Aristotle's catfish)
- Silurus asotus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Amur catfish)
- Silurus biwaensis <small>Tomoda, 1961</small> (Lake Biwa giant catfish)
- Silurus burmanensis <small>Thant, 1967</small>
- Silurus caobangensis <small>V. H. Nguyá»Â
n, T. H. N. VÃ
© & T. D. P. Nguyá»Â
n, 2015</small> (yellow catfish)
- Silurus chantrei <small>Sauvage, 1882</small>
- Silurus dakrongensis <small>V. H. Nguyá»Â
n, T. H. N. VÃ
© & T. D. P. Nguyá»Â
n, 2015</small> (Dakrong catfish)
- Silurus duanensis <small>X. Y. Hu, J. H. Lan & C. G. Zhang, 2004</small>
- Silurus glanis <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Wels catfish)
- Silurus grahami <small>Regan, 1907</small>
- Silurus langsonensis <small>V. H. Nguyá»Â
n, T. H. N. VÃ
© & T. D. P. Nguyá»Â
n, 2015</small> (flower catfish)
- Silurus lanzhouensis <small>H. L. Chen, 1977</small> (Lanzhou catfish)
- Silurus lithophilus <small>Tomoda, 1961</small> (rock catfish)
- Silurus longibarbatus <small>Li, J, Li, X. H., Zhang, G, He, Y. J., 2019</small>
- Silurus mento <small>Regan, 1904</small> (Kunming catfish)
- Silurus meridionalis <small>H. L. Chen, 1977</small> (Yangtze catfish)
- Silurus microdorsalis <small>(Mori, 1936)</small> (slender catfish)
- Silurus soldatovi <small>Nikolskii & Soin, 1948</small> (Soldatov's catfish)
- Silurus tomodai
- Silurus triostegus <small>Heckel, 1843</small> (Mesopotamian catfish)
Fossil species
References