Silurus

Silurus is a genus of catfishes native to Europe and Asia.

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Silurus biwaensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Siluridae
Genus:	Silurus Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Siluris (misspelling)

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 Y. Hibino & Tabata, 2018 ^[4]
• Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish)

Fossil species

• Silurus joergi Gaudant, 2015 Late Miocene of Germany.^[5]
• Silurus spinosus Kovalchuk & Ferraris, 2016 Late Miocene of Ukraine.^[6]