Kunming catfish

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

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|status = CR

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chen, X.-Y. |author2=Yang, B. |year=2008 |errata=2018 |title=Silurus mento |volume=2008 |page=e.T20227A135876357 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T20227A9180705.en |access-date=17 October 2024}}

|taxon = Silurus mento

|authority = Regan, 1904

}}

The Kunming catfish (Silurus mento) 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.{{cite journal|author=Sihai Wang|author2= Juan Wang|author3= Maobiao Li|author4= Fan Du|author5= Yuming Yang|author6= James P. Lassoie |author7= Mohd Z. Hassan |year=2013|title=Six decades of changes in vascular hydrophyte and fish species in three plateau lakes in Yunnan, China|journal=Biodivers Conserv|volume=22|issue= 13–14|pages=3197–3221|doi=10.1007/s10531-013-0579-0}} S. mento grows to a length of {{convert|21.5|cm|in}} TL.