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
| type_species = Silurus glanis
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| synonyms = * Siluris (misspelling)
}}
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}}
- 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 {{cite journal | author = Britz R., Win T. | year = 2010 | title = Redescription of Silurus burmanensis Thant 1967: a Silurus not a Pterocryptis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Siluridae) | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2647 | pages = 61–68 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2647.1.5 }}
- Silurus caobangensis V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (yellow catfish) {{cite journal | author1 = Nguyễn Văn Hảo | author2 = Vũ Thị Hồng Nguyên | author3 = Nguyễn Thị Diệu Phương | year = 2015 | title = Three Fish Species of The Genus Silurus Linnaeus, 1758, (Siluridae, Siluriformes) Newly Discovered in Northern Vietnam | journal = Journal of Science and Development | volume = 13 | issue = 1 | pages = 65–74 | url = http://www.vnua.edu.vn:85/tc_khktnn/Upload%5C2522015-tc%20so%201.2015%20%288%29.pdf | archive-date = 2017-02-15 | access-date = 2015-05-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170215125010/http://www.vnua.edu.vn:85/tc_khktnn/Upload%C2%AA2015-tc%20so%201.2015%20%288%29.pdf | url-status = dead }}
- Silurus chantrei Sauvage, 1882
- Silurus dakrongensis V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (Dakrong catfish)
- 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)
- 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 {{Small|Y. Hibino & Tabata, 2018}} {{Cite journal|last1=Hibino|first1=Yusuke|last2=Tabata|first2=Ryoichi|date=2018-08-15|title=Description of a new catfish, Silurus tomodai (Siluriformes: Siluridae) from central Japan|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4459.3.5|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4459|issue=3|pages=507–524|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.5|issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription}}
- Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish)
;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 }}
References
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Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Category:Freshwater fish genera
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