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

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:

• 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

• Silurus caobangensis V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T. D. P. Nguyễn, 2015 (yellow catfish)

• 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

• Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish)

• Fossil species

• Silurus joergi Gaudant, 2015 Late Miocene of Germany.

• Silurus spinosus Kovalchuk & Ferraris, 2016 Late Miocene of Ukraine.

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