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 Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian catfish) Fossil species Silurus joergi Gaudant, 2015 Late Miocene of Germany. Silurus spinosus Kovalchuk & Ferraris, 2016 Late Miocene of Ukraine.