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Silurus microdorsalis

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| taxon = Silurus microdorsalis

| authority = (Mori, 1936)

| synonyms = * Parasilurus microdorsalis Mori, 1936

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Silurus microdorsalis, the slender catfish, is a species of catfish found in Asia, in the Yalu River in Korea and China.Kobayakawa, M., 1989. Systematic revision of the catfish genus Silurus, with description of a new species from Thailand and Burma. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 36(2):155-186.

Description

This species reaches a length of {{convert|35.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase | genus = Silurus | species = microdorsalis| month = June| year = 2013}}

Etymology

The fish's name means small dorsal fin in Latin.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes5/ | title = Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE| access-date= 24 December 2023 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

References

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External links

  • [https://www.gbif.org/species/2337605 Silurus microdorsalis: Occurrence data] from GBIF

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Category:Silurus

Category:Taxa named by Tamezo Mori

Category:Fish described in 1936

Category:Fish of Korea

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