Aristotle's catfish
| Aristotle's catfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Silurus |
| Species: | S. aristotelis
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| Binomial name | |
| Silurus aristotelis Garman, 1890
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| Synonyms | |
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Siluris aristotelis (Agassiz, 1857) [orth. error] | |
Aristotle's catfish (Silurus aristotelis) is a species of
Lake Ioannina in the 1980s thus exclusively lives in lakes. Threats may be water pollution and overfishing
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Its name derives from the fact that it was first described by Aristotle in his History of Animals.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Silurus aristotelis" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Further reading
- Aristotle's catfish: explanation of its name
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