Silurus

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 Y. Hibino & Tabata, 2018
Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish)

Fossil species