| Silurus chantrei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Silurus |
| Species: | S. chantrei |
| Binomial name | |
| Silurus chantrei Sauvage, 1882 | |
Silurus chantrei, is a species of catfish occurring in Syria and/or the Tigris basin. [1] [2]
The wels catfish, 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 introduced to Western Europe as a prized sport fish and is now found from the United Kingdom east to Kazakhstan and China and south to Greece and Turkey. The wels is the largest freshwater fish in Europe. The longest wels on record was an unweighed specimen from the Po river in Italy, measuring 2.85 m (9.4 ft), captured in 2023.
Siluridae is the nominate family of catfishes in the order Siluriformes. About 105 living species of silurids are placed in 12 or 14 genera.
Pelteobagrus is a genus of bagrid catfishes found in eastern Asia. The taxonomy of this genus is unclear and many authorities treat it as a junior synonym of Tachysurus and the type species of the genus, is Silurus calvarius which is a synonym of Tachysurus fulvidraco.
Aristotle's catfish 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 species grows to a length of 46 centimetres (18 in) TL and is of importance to local commercial fisheries. It is known from Lake Trichonida, Lake Lysimachia and Lake Amvrakia and introduced to Lake Volvi and Lake Ioannina in the 1980s thus exclusively lives in lakes. Threats may be water pollution and overfishing.
Silurus is a genus of catfishes native to Europe and Asia.
The Kunming catfish is a critically endangered species of catfish in the family Siluridae. It is endemic to Dian Chi Lake, China. There have been no confirmed records in decades and it is feared extinct. S. mento grows to a length of 21.5 centimetres (8.5 in) TL.
Clarias gariepinus or African sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes.
Alma Gol Lake, also called Lake Ulmagol, is a freshwater lake in Golestān Province, Iran near the Turkmenistan border.
Silurus asotus, commonly called the Japanese common catfish, Amur catfish, Far Eastern catfish, and Chinese catfish, is a catfish species belonging to the Siluridae family. It lives in widespread distribution in freshwater habitats across East Asia and Japan. As a freshwater species, it can be found only in the catchments of rivers, ponds, and lakes located in China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and the Russian Amur Basin. This species of catfish is carnivorous and has a high aquaculture.
In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus described the Pisces as:
Always inhabiting the waters; are swift in their motion and voracious in their appetites. They breathe by means of gills, which are generally united by a bony arch; swim by means of radiate fins, and are mostly covered over with cartilaginous scales. Besides the parts they have in common with other animals, they are furnished with a nictitant membrane, and most of them with a swim-bladder, by the contraction or dilatation of which, they can raise or sink themselves in their element at pleasure.
Goggausee is a lake of Carinthia, Austria.The Goggausee lies in the area of the Gurktaler Alps, north of Feldkirchen in Carinthia, in a very windless pool. Due to the sheltered location, the water is not mixed well and is oxygen‐poor after a few metres.
Silurus biwaensis, the giant Lake Biwa catfish or Biwako-o'namazu, is a large predatory catfish species endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan.
Silurus soldatovi, Soldatov's catfish or northern sheatfish, is a large catfish species from the Far East.
Silurus lithophilus, the rock catfish, is a species of catfish that is endemic to the Lake Biwa basin in Japan.
Silurus grahami is an endangered species of catfish found in Asia and is endemic to Yunnan, China.
Silurus meridionalis, the Yangtze catfish, is a species of catfish found in Asia in the middle Yangtze River basin, China.
Silurus lanzhouensis, the Lanzhou catfish, is a species of catfish found in Asia in the upper Yellow River, China.
Silurus duanensis, is a species of catfish found in China.
Silurus triostegus, the Mesopotamian catfish, is a species of catfish found in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
Silurus microdorsalis, the slender catfish, is a species of catfish found in Asia, in the Yalu River in Korea and China.
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