Silurus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|11|0|Late Miocene to present}}

| image = Silurus biwaensis1.jpg

| image_caption = Silurus biwaensis

| taxon = Silurus

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| type_species = Silurus glanis

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| synonyms = * Siluris (misspelling)

}}

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

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:{{Cite web|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154200|title=World Register of Marine Species|access-date=2021-10-20}}

;Fossil species

  • Silurus joergi Gaudant, 2015 Late Miocene of Germany.{{Cite journal |last1=Gaudant |first1=Jean |date=11 April 2015 |title=Re-examination of the upper Miocene freshwater fish fauna from Höwenegg (Hegau, Germany) |url=https://sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s13358-015-0073-2 |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |language=en |volume=134 |issue=1 |pages=117–127 |doi=10.1007/s13358-015-0073-2 |issn=1664-2376 |access-date=21 March 2025 |via=Springer Open|url-access=subscription }}
  • Silurus spinosus Kovalchuk & Ferraris, 2016 Late Miocene of Ukraine.{{Cite journal |last=Kovalchuk |first=Oleksandr |last2=Ferraris |first2=Carl J. |date=2016 |title=Late Cenozoic catfishes of Southeastern Europe with inference to their taxonomy and palaeogeography |url=https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2016/1594-cenozoic-catfishes-of-europe |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |language=English |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages= |doi=10.26879/616 |issn=|doi-access=free }}

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