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Silurus Linnaeus, 1758

1345703  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1345703)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Siluriformes (Order)
  7. Siluridae (Family)
  8. Silurus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Glanis Agassiz, 1857 · unaccepted
Siluris · unaccepted (misspelling)

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  1. Species Silurus aristotelis (Agassiz, 1857)
  2. Species Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758
  3. Species Silurus biwaensis (Tomoda, 1961)
  4. Species Silurus cerulescens Rafinesque, 1820
  5. Species Silurus chantrei Sauvage, 1882
  6. Species Silurus duanensis Hu, Lan & Zhang, 2004
  7. Species Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758
  8. Species Silurus grahami Regan, 1907
  9. Species Silurus lanzhouensis Chen, 1977
  10. Species Silurus lithophilus (Tomoda, 1961)
  11. Species Silurus mento Regan, 1904
  12. Species Silurus meridionalis (Chen, 1977)
  13. Species Silurus microdorsalis (Mori, 1936)
  14. Species Silurus morehensis Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 1997
  15. Species Silurus palavanensis (Herre, 1924)
  16. Species Silurus soldatovi Nikolskii & Soin, 1948
  17. Species Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843
  18. Species Silurus 11-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Luciopimelodus pati (Valenciennes, 1836)
  19. Species Silurus 12-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1821)
  20. Species Silurus 16-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803)
  21. Species Silurus 38-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Ageneiosus militaris Valenciennes, 1836
  22. Species Silurus 7-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Corydoras paleatus (Jenyns, 1842)
  23. Species Silurus affinis Swainson, 1839 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
  24. Species Silurus afghana Günther, 1864 accepted as Pterocryptis afghana (Günther, 1864)
  25. Species Silurus anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  26. Species Silurus anomalus (Herre, 1934) accepted as Pterocryptis cochinchinensis (Valenciennes, 1840)
  27. Species Silurus apogon Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Kryptopterus apogon (Bleeker, 1851)
  28. Species Silurus arab Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)
  29. Species Silurus argentata Swainson, 1839 accepted as Clupisoma garua (Hamilton, 1822)
  30. Species Silurus armatus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1821)
  31. Species Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Aspredo aspredo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  32. Species Silurus atherinoides Bloch, 1794 accepted as Pseudeutropius atherinoides (Bloch, 1794)
  33. Species Silurus attu Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  34. Species Silurus auritus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 accepted as Siluranodon auritus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
  35. Species Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)
  36. Species Silurus bajad Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Bagrus bajad (Forsskål, 1775)
  37. Species Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  38. Species Silurus bayad Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Bagrus bajad (Forsskål, 1775)
  39. Species Silurus bedfordi Regan, 1908 accepted as Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758
  40. Species Silurus berdmorei (Blyth, 1860) accepted as Pterocryptis berdmorei (Blyth, 1860)
  41. Species Silurus bicirrhis Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Kryptopterus bicirrhis (Valenciennes, 1840)
  42. Species Silurus bimaculatus Bloch, 1794 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
  43. Species Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
  44. Species Silurus boalis Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  45. Species Silurus bokorensis (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1937) accepted as Pterocryptis bokorensis (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1937)
  46. Species Silurus burmanensis Thant, 1966 accepted as Pterocryptis burmanensis (Thant, 1966)
  47. Species Silurus burmanicus Thant, 1966 accepted as Pterocryptis berdmorei (Blyth, 1860)
  48. Species Silurus caecutiens Günther, 1864 accepted as Cetopsis coecutiens (Lichtenstein, 1819)
  49. Species Silurus callarias Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  50. Species Silurus callichthys Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Callichthys callichthys (Linnaeus, 1758)
  51. Species Silurus calvarius Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Pelteobagrus fulvidraco (Richardson, 1846)
  52. Species Silurus canio Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Ompok canio (Hamilton, 1822)
  53. Species Silurus carinatus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Doras carinatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  54. Species Silurus cataphractus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acanthodoras cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  55. Species Silurus catus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  56. Species Silurus chechra Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
  57. Species Silurus chilensis Molina, 1782 accepted as Diplomystes chilensis (Molina, 1782)
  58. Species Silurus cinereus Dabry de Thiersant, 1872 accepted as Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758
  59. Species Silurus clarias Bloch, 1782 accepted as Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840
  60. Species Silurus clarias Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  61. Species Silurus cochinchiensis Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Pterocryptis cochinchinensis (Valenciennes, 1840)
  62. Species Silurus cochinchinensis Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Pterocryptis cochinchinensis (Valenciennes, 1840)
  63. Species Silurus coecutiens Lichtenstein, 1819 accepted as Cetopsis coecutiens (Lichtenstein, 1819)
  64. Species Silurus coenosus Richardson, 1836 accepted as Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
  65. Species Silurus congensis Leach, 1818 accepted as Schilbe congensis (Leach, 1818)
  66. Species Silurus cornutus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758)
  67. Species Silurus costatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  68. Species Silurus cous Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Glyptothorax cous (Linnaeus, 1766)
  69. Species Silurus cryptopterus Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Kryptopterus cryptopterus (Bleeker, 1851)
  70. Species Silurus cucphuongensis Mai, 1978 accepted as Pterocryptis cucphuongensis (Mai, 1978)
  71. Species Silurus cuvieri Gray, 1830 accepted as Ailia coila (Hamilton, 1822)
  72. Species Silurus dahuricus Pallas, 1787 accepted as Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758
  73. Species Silurus dauuricus Pallas, 1787 accepted as Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758
  74. Species Silurus docmac Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775)
  75. Species Silurus docmak Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775)
  76. Species Silurus duda Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
  77. Species Silurus dukai Day, 1873 accepted as Pterocryptis afghana (Günther, 1864)
  78. Species Silurus duodecimradiatus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1821)
  79. Species Silurus electricus Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin, 1789)
  80. Species Silurus fasciatus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766)
  81. Species Silurus felis Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766)
  82. Species Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794 accepted as Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
  83. Species Silurus furness (Fowler, 1905) accepted as Pterocryptis furnessi (Fowler, 1905)
  84. Species Silurus furnessi (Fowler, 1905) accepted as Pterocryptis furnessi (Fowler, 1905)
  85. Species Silurus galeatus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Trachelyopterus galeatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  86. Species Silurus gariepinus Burchell, 1822 accepted as Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
  87. Species Silurus garua Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Clupisoma garua (Hamilton, 1822)
  88. Species Silurus gerupensis Natterer, 1858 accepted as Sorubim lima (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  89. Species Silurus gerupoca Natterer, 1858 accepted as Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Valenciennes, 1840)
  90. Species Silurus gilberti Hora, 1938 accepted as Pterocryptis gilberti (Hora, 1938)
  91. Species Silurus goae Haig, 1952 accepted as Ompok goae (Haig, 1952)
  92. Species Silurus gyrinus Mitchill, 1817 accepted as Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817)
  93. Species Silurus hemioliopterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  94. Species Silurus herzbergii Bloch, 1794 accepted as Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794)
  95. Species Silurus hexadactylus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Platystacus cotylephorus Bloch, 1794
  96. Species Silurus hexapterus Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Kryptopterus hexapterus (Bleeker, 1851)
  97. Species Silurus hypophthalmus Bleeker, 1846 accepted as Ompok hypophthalmus (Bleeker, 1846)
  98. Species Silurus imberbis Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Ageneiosus militaris Valenciennes, 1836
  99. Species Silurus inermis Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Ageneiosus inermis (Linnaeus, 1766)
  100. Species Silurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 accepted as Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758
  101. Species Silurus lais Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Kryptopterus lais (Bleeker, 1851)
  102. Species Silurus laticeps Swainson, 1838 accepted as Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
  103. Species Silurus leptonema Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Kryptopterus apogon (Bleeker, 1851)
  104. Species Silurus lima Natterer, 1858 accepted as Pimelodus maculatus Lacepède, 1803
  105. Species Silurus lima Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Sorubim lima (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  106. Species Silurus limpok Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Kryptopterus limpok (Bleeker, 1852)
  107. Species Silurus lineatus Thunberg, 1787 accepted as Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)
  108. Species Silurus lividus Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)
  109. Species Silurus macrocephalus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
  110. Species Silurus macronema Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Ompok hypophthalmus (Bleeker, 1846)
  111. Species Silurus macrostomus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  112. Species Silurus maculatus Thunberg, 1792 accepted as Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792)
  113. Species Silurus malabaricus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Ompok malabaricus (Valenciennes, 1840)
  114. Species Silurus marinus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Bagre marinus (Mitchill, 1815)
  115. Species Silurus marinus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803)
  116. Species Silurus melas Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
  117. Species Silurus microcephalus Valenciennes, 1840 (unaccepted)
  118. Species Silurus micronemus Bleeker, 1846 (unaccepted)
  119. Species Silurus micropogon Bleeker, 1855 (unaccepted)
  120. Species Silurus militaris Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  121. Species Silurus mononema Bleeker, 1847 (unaccepted)
  122. Species Silurus muelleri Bleeker, 1846 (unaccepted)
  123. Species Silurus mulleri Bleeker, 1846 (unaccepted)
  124. Species Silurus muticus Larrañaga, 1923 (unaccepted)
  125. Species Silurus mysoricus Valenciennes, 1840 (unaccepted)
  126. Species Silurus mystus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
  127. Species Silurus nebulosus Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted)
  128. Species Silurus nigrescens Lesueur (unaccepted)
  129. Species Silurus nodosus Bloch, 1794 (unaccepted)
  130. Species Silurus olivaris Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted)
  131. Species Silurus pabda Hamilton, 1822 (unaccepted)
  132. Species Silurus pabo Hamilton, 1822 (unaccepted)
  133. Species Silurus palembangensis Bleeker, 1852 (unaccepted)
  134. Species Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832 (unaccepted)
  135. Species Silurus pati Larrañaga, 1923 (unaccepted)
  136. Species Silurus pelusius Solander, 1794 (unaccepted)
  137. Species Silurus phaiosoma Bleeker, 1851 (unaccepted)
  138. Species Silurus phalacronotus Bleeker, 1851 (unaccepted)
  139. Species Silurus punctatus Cantor, 1842 (unaccepted)
  140. Species Silurus punctatus Day, 1968 (unaccepted)
  141. Species Silurus punctatus Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted)
  142. Species Silurus pygmaeus Natterer, 1858 (unaccepted)
  143. Species Silurus quadricostatus Larrañaga, 1923 (unaccepted)
  144. Species Silurus quadrimaculatus Bloch, 1794 (unaccepted)
  145. Species Silurus rivularis Larrañaga, 1923 (unaccepted)
  146. Species Silurus sapipoca Natterer, 1858 (unaccepted)
  147. Species Silurus schall Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (unaccepted)
  148. Species Silurus silurus Wulff, 1765 (unaccepted)
  149. Species Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822 (unaccepted)
  150. Species Silurus thunbergi (Lacepède, 1803) (unaccepted)
  151. Species Silurus torrentis Kobayakawa, 1989 (unaccepted)
  152. Species Silurus trigintaoctoradiatus Larrañaga, 1923 (unaccepted)
  153. Species Silurus verrucosus Walbaum, 1792 (unaccepted)
  154. Species Silurus vittatus Bloch, 1794 (unaccepted)
  155. Species Silurus wallago Valenciennes, 1840 (unaccepted)
  156. Species Silurus wallagoo Valenciennes, 1840 (unaccepted)
  157. Species Silurus wynaadensis Day, 1873 (unaccepted)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 304 [details] 
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). (Eschmeyer).  
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Silurus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1345703 on 2025-01-13
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 304 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Glanis Agassiz, 1857) Proc. Amer. Acad., 3, 1857
page(s): 333 [details] 

original description (of Parasilurus Bleeker, 1862) Versl. Meded. Akad. Amsterdam, 14, 392
page(s): 394 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Silurus glanis Linnaeus 1758 [details]
To WoRMS (from synonym Siluris)
To WoRMS 
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