Siluridae
| Siluridae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Phalacronotus apogon | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Suborder: | Siluroidei |
| Superfamily: | Siluroidea |
| Family: | Siluridae G. Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type genus | |
| Silurus | |
| Genera | |
Siluridae is the nominate
genera
.
Although silurids occur across much of Europe and Asia, they are most diverse in Southeast Asia, beyond which their diversity decreases in temperate East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Southwest Asia, and Europe. Silurids are apparently absent from much of central Asia.[3] The family can be divided into two groups, a temperate North Eurasian clade and a more diverse subtropical/tropical South and Southeast Asian clade.[3]
Notable species
- Wels catfish, Silurus glanis
- Phantom catfish, Kryptopterus vitreolus
- Wallago attu
- Wallagonia leerii
- Aristotle's catfish
- Amur catfish
- Phalacronotus apogon
- Ompok
Common features
The family Siluridae is very diverse, with not very many distinctive features among all species, but some major ones include
anal fin base is usually very long.[1] The largest species in this family is Silurus glanis, the Wels catfish,[1]
which can grow to lengths over 3 m (9.8 ft) and weigh up to 300 lb (140 kg).
References
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