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Silurus glanis Linnaeus 1758

Description

Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758, Wels Catfish.

Silurus glanis Linnaeus 1758: 304 — Kottelat and Freyhof 2007: 340.

Material examined. Table 1.

Presence of two pairs of mental barbels and 83–91 total anal-fin rays. This is the sole species of the family Siluridae in the Volga river drainage. According to our observations, it inhabits only rivers to 25 km from the source. Its abundance increased with river enlargement from 0.6 to 5.9%, and its occurrence rate from 3.8 to 15.4%.

Notes

Published as part of Artaev, Oleg & Ruchin, Alexander B., 2017, The ichthyofauna of the Moksha River, a tributary of the Volga river basin, Russia, pp. 185-202 in Check List 13 (4) on page 198, DOI: 10.15560/13.4.185

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Siluridae
Genus
Silurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Siluriformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
glanis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Artaev & Ruchin, 2017

References

  • Linnaeus C (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, ed. 10. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 824 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
  • Kottelat M, Freyhof J (2007) Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. The authors, Cornol / Berlin, 646 pp.