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Siluridae
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Siluridae is the nominate family of catfishes in the order Siluriformes. About 105 living species of silurids are placed in 12 or 14 genera.
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Siluridae is a family of fish within the order Siluriformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. The taxon, also referred to as sheatfishes, was described by Rafinesque in 1815 and holds an accepted status in biological classification. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
The family inhabits marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Records indicate occurrences in countries including India, Thailand, Bolivia, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. Specimens are held by institutions such as CAS, MSB, MSUM, FMNH, and USNM. The taxon has 55,416 recorded occurrences and 329 associated records, with 8 media items available.
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Species
sheatfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilySiluridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 329
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Siluridae
- Collections
- CAS, MSB, MSUM, FMNH, USNM, UCM
- Recorded in
- India, Thailand, Bolivia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Russia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
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- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Commons category
- Siluridae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Siluridae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- taxon common name
- pexe gatu
- nomenclatural type of
- Siluriformes
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Encyclopedic overview
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Siluridae is the nominate family of catfishes in the order Siluriformes. About 105 living species of silurids are placed in 12 or 14 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. The family can be divided into two groups, a temperate North Eurasian clade and a more diverse subtropical/tropical South and Southeast Asian clade.
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