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Family Order: Siluriformes 🍽️ 22 Edible 🎣 5 Game Fish ⚠️ 1 Venomous

Siluridae

Species
105
Genera
10
Max Length
400 cm
Max Weight
130.0 kg
Avg Trophic
3.80
Threatened
4

🌐 Geographic Distribution

Japan
2 spp.
Mexico
2 spp.
Russia
2 spp.
United States
2 spp.
Algeria
1 spp.
Croatia
1 spp.
Hungary
1 spp.
Mongolia
1 spp.
Slovakia
1 spp.
Turkey
1 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
30 m

🌍 Habitat Distribution

💧 Freshwater
105

🛡️ Conservation Status Distribution

LC
NT
EN
DD
Least Concern 38
Near Threatened 14
Vulnerable 6
Endangered 10
Critically Endangered 2
Data Deficient 21

🐟 Species in Siluridae

105 total
Amur catfish
Silurus asotus
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible Game
aquaculture
Phalacronotus bleekeri
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
aquarium
Kryptopterus geminus
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Belodontichthys Truncatus
Belodontichthys truncatus
LC 💧 Freshwater Game
Brown leaf catfish
Silurichthys ligneolus
VU 💧 Freshwater
Butter catfish
Ompok bimaculatus
NT 💧 Freshwater Edible
cá thèo
Pterocryptis cochinchinensis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Cave sheatfish
Pterocryptis buccata
DD 💧 Freshwater
Chinese large-mouth catfish
Silurus meridionalis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Dryzone butter catfish
Ompok ceylonensis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Du An Catfish
Silurus duanensis
💧 Freshwater
Eurasian catfish
Silurus biwaensis
💧 Freshwater Game
Ghost Catfish
Kryptopterus minor
NT 💧 Freshwater Edible
Glass catfish
Kryptopterus bicirrhis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Goan catfish
Ompok malabaricus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Hemisilurus Heterorhynchus
Hemisilurus heterorhynchus
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Hemisilurus Mekongensis
Hemisilurus mekongensis
LC 💧 Freshwater Edible
Hemisilurus Moolenburghi
Hemisilurus moolenburghi
DD 💧 Freshwater
Indochinese sheatfish
Kryptopterus dissitus
DD 💧 Freshwater
Kryptopterus Baramensis
Kryptopterus baramensis
DD 💧 Freshwater
Kryptopterus Cheveyi
Kryptopterus cheveyi
DD 💧 Freshwater Edible
Kryptopterus Cryptopterus
Kryptopterus cryptopterus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Kryptopterus Lais
Kryptopterus lais
LC 💧 Freshwater
Kryptopterus Lumholtzi
Kryptopterus lumholtzi
DD 💧 Freshwater