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Silurus glanis Linnaeus 1758

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Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

[N]—Wels catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758: 304 [prient, less frequently in European lakes; syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.168 (1, skin), NRM 59 (1)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 904).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 904-905, figs. 656–657).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 906); confirmed by Nikolskii and Tzentilovich (1951), Moravec and Amin (1978), Coad (1981: 8; 2014: 290; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kunduz and Murgab Rivers.—General distribution: North America; Eastern Europe to central Asia. Widely introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species inhabits large and medium-sized lowland rivers, backwaters, and well-vegetated lakes. Spawns in shallow, warm, and well vegetated riverine habitats without current. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (Freyhof & Kottelat 2008h).— Threats: HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

Notes

Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5305 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8048564

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3CFF82FFA338E21ADD8AC862D0

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/8048564 (URL)
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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/56221/taxon/03CA1A3CFF82FFA338E21ADD8AC862D0.taxon (URL)

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. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. Vol. 1. Ed. X. [Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, ii + 824 pp.
  • Berg, L. S. (1949) s. n. In: Ryby presnych vod SSSR i sopredelnych stan. [Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries]. Vol. 2. 4 th Edition. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. [Guide to the Fauna of the U. S. S. R.], Moskva. Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries No. 29. Russian Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moskva, pp. 467 - 925. [in Russian, English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 1964, 496 pp.]
  • Nikolskii, G. V. & Tzentilovich, F. F. (1951) Fishes of the Murgab basin (Turkmenia). Archives of the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, 7, 105 - 12.
  • Moravec, F. & Amin, A. (1978) Some helminth parasites excluding Monogenea from fishes of Afghanistan. Acta Sci Nat Brun, 12, 1 - 45.
  • Coad, B. W. (1981) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annoted checklist. National Museum of Canada Publications in Zoology, 14, i - v + 1 - 26.
  • Coad, B. W. (2014) Fishes of Afghanistan. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 393 pp.
  • Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008 h) Silurus glanis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2008, e. T 40713 A 10356149. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 40713 A 10356149. en