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Silurus glanis

(European Catfish)

Common Names

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Common Names in Bulgarian:

Som

Common Names in Czech:

Sumec, Sumec Obecny, Sumec Velká, Sumec Velký, Sumec Velk

Common Names in Danish:

Europæisk Malle, Europisk Malle, Malle

Common Names in Dutch:

Meerval

Common Names in English:

Danube Catfish, Danubian Wels, European Catfish, Sheatfish, Som Catfish, Wels, Wels Catfish

Common Names in Finnish:

Monni, Säkiä, Ski

Common Names in French:

Salut, Silure Glane

Common Names in German:

Donauwels, Europäischer Flußwels, Europischer Fluwels, Flußwels, Fluwels, Schaden, Schaiden, Schait, Scharn, Scheid, Scheidel, Uwelra, Waller, Wallerfisch, Wälin, Wölz, Wellenlinien-Rochen, Weller, Welro, Wels, Wilß, Wils, Wil, Wlin, Wlz

Common Names in Greek:

Γιαγίνι, Γουλιανός, Glanidi, Goulianos, Γιαγίνι, Γουλιανός

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Goulianos, Γλανίδι

Common Names in Hungarian:

Harcsa

Common Names in Hungarian (M:

Harcsa

Common Names in Hungarian (Magyar):

Harcsa

Common Names in Italian:

Siluro

Common Names in Macedonian:

Som

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

歐鯰(引進), 欧鲶(引进), 歐鯰(引進)

Common Names in Marshall:

Malle

Common Names in Norwegian:

Malle

Common Names in Persian:

Esbele, Esbele Europaiye, Esbeleh, Gorba-Mahi, Mahi-E Sebili, Nake, گربه ماهي, گربه ماهي روگاهي

Common Names in Polish:

Sum, Sum Pospolity

Common Names in Portuguese:

Peixe-Gato, Siluro Europeu, Siluro-Europeu

Common Names in Romanian:

Somn

Common Names in Rumanian:

Iaprac, Iarma, Iaprac, Iarma, Moaca, Somn, Somn-Pana, Somotei

Common Names in Russian:

обыкновенный (европейский) сом, сом, сом европейский, обыкновенный (европейский) сом, сом, сом европейский, Obyknovennyi, Obyknovennyi Som, Som

Common Names in Serbian:

Som

Common Names in Slovak:

Sumec Obycajný, Sumec Obycajn

Common Names in Slovene:

Som

Common Names in Spanish:

Siluro, Siluro Europeo

Common Names in Swedish:

Mal

Common Names in Turkish:

Yayin Baligi

Common Names in Ukrainian:

Rechnoi Som

Description

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Family Siluridae

Distribution: Europe and Asia. Dorsal fin rays usually less than 7, when present. No spine before dorsal fin. No adipose fin . Pelvic fins small or absent. Anal fin base very long with 41-110 rays. Nasal barbel absent, one or two pairs of barbels on lower jaw, and maxillary barbels usually elongate . Maximum length of 5 m reached in Silurus glanis, with 330 kg . This European species may enter brackish waters.The family Siluridae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Siluriformes. It contains 12 genera and 100 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are guarders . The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is gymnotiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the upper Miocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 60° n to 8° s and 6° w to 142° e. Etymology of this family name : Latin, silurus = a kind of fish. 1555

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,135 meters (0 to 3,724 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Silurus glanis aralensis Kessler, 1872
  2. Silurus silurus Wulff, 1765

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-May-1994.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Silurus

There are approximately 135 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

Pterodoras granulosus · S. afghana · Clarias gariepinus · Pterocryptis cochinchinensis · S. anostomus · S. apogon · S. arab · S. argentinus · S. aristotelis (Aristotle´s Catfish) · Pterodoras granulosus · S. ascita · S. asotus · S. aspredo · S. atherinoides · S. athu · S. attu · S. auritus · S. bagre · S. bajad · S. batrachus · S. bayad · S. bicirrhis · S. bimaculatus · S. biwaensis (Lake Biwa Catfish) · Wallago attu · S. callarias · S. callichthys · S. calvarius · S. canio · S. carinatus · S. cataphractus · Ameiurus nebulosus (White Bullhead) · S. cerulescens · S. chantrei · S. chechra · S. chilensis · S. cochinchinensis cochinchinensis · S. cochinchinensis wynaadensis · S. coecutiens · S. congensis · S. cornutus · S. costatus · S. cous · S. cryptopterus · S. cupreus · S. danricus · S. docmac · S. docmak · S. duanensis · S. duda · S. dukai · S. dundu · Pterodoras granulosus · Malapterurus electricus · S. erythropterus · S. fasciatus · Ameiurus nebulosus (Hardhead Sea Catfish) · S. fossilis · S. furness · S. galeatus · S. garua · S. glanis (European Catfish) · S. glanis aralensis · S. glanus · S. goage · S. grahami · S. gyrinus · S. herzbergii · S. hexadactylus · S. hexapterus · S. hypophthalmus · S. ichneumon · S. imberbis · Ompok bimaculatus · S. inermis · S. japonicus · S. lais · S. lamghur · S. lanzhouensis · S. laticeps · S. leptonema · S. limosus · S. limpok · S. lineatus · S. lithophilus · S. lividus · S. macronema · S. maculatus · S. malabaricus · S. marinus · S. melas · S. mento (Kunming Catfish) · S. meridionalis · S. microcephalus · S. microdorsalis · S. microdorsaris · S. micronema · S. micronemus · S. militaris · S. mollis

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 96.420 meters (316.339 feet), Standard Deviation = 113.420 based on 468 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-04-25