Biology:Silurus

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

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[1]

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

References

  1. "World Register of Marine Species". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154200. 
  2. Britz R., Win T. (2010). "Redescription of Silurus burmanensis Thant 1967: a Silurus not a Pterocryptis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Siluridae)". Zootaxa 2647: 61–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2647.1.5. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nguyễn Văn Hảo; Vũ Thị Hồng Nguyên; Nguyễn Thị Diệu Phương (2015). "Three Fish Species of The Genus Silurus Linnaeus, 1758, (Siluridae, Siluriformes) Newly Discovered in Northern Vietnam". Journal of Science and Development 13 (1): 65–74. http://www.vnua.edu.vn:85/tc_khktnn/Upload%5C2522015-tc%20so%201.2015%20%288%29.pdf. Retrieved 2015-05-07. 
  4. Hibino, Yusuke; Tabata, Ryoichi (2018-08-15). "Description of a new catfish, Silurus tomodai (Siluriformes: Siluridae) from central Japan" (in en). Zootaxa 4459 (3): 507–524. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30314122. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4459.3.5. 
  5. Gaudant, Jean (11 April 2015). "Re-examination of the upper Miocene freshwater fish fauna from Höwenegg (Hegau, Germany)" (in en). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 134 (1): 117–127. doi:10.1007/s13358-015-0073-2. ISSN 1664-2376. Bibcode2015SwJP..134..117G. https://sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s13358-015-0073-2. Retrieved 21 March 2025. 
  6. Kovalchuk, Oleksandr; Ferraris, Carl J. (2016). "Late Cenozoic catfishes of Southeastern Europe with inference to their taxonomy and palaeogeography" (in English). Palaeontologia Electronica 19 (3). doi:10.26879/616. https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2016/1594-cenozoic-catfishes-of-europe. 

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