WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species

Siluridae
AphiaID: 154199

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Siluriformes (Order)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Added by Database Management Team

Rank

Family

Parent

Siluriformes

Source

basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
Dutch	meerval	[details]
English	sheatfishes	[details]
French	poisson-chat	[details]
French	silure	[details]
German	Wels	[details]
Swedish	malfiskar	[details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]

Genus Belodontichthys
Genus Ceratoglanis
Genus Hemisilurus
Genus Hito
Genus Kryptopterus
Genus Micronema
Genus Ompok Lacepède, 1803
Genus Phalacronotus Bleeker, 1857
Genus Pinniwallago
Genus Pterocryptis
Genus Silurichthys
Genus Silurus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Wallago Bleeker, 1851

Genus Callichrous accepted as Ompok Lacepède, 1803
Genus Callichrus accepted as Ompok Lacepède, 1803
Genus Ompak accepted as Ompok Lacepède, 1803
Genus Pseudosilurus accepted as Ompok Lacepède, 1803
Genus Siluris accepted as Silurus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Wallagonia accepted as Wallago Bleeker, 1851
Genus Wallagu accepted as Wallago Bleeker, 1851

Links

To GenBank
To ITIS

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154199

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2005-04-18 08:19:08Z	created	Appeltans, Ward

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Citation: WoRMS (2013). Siluridae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154199 on 2013-05-23

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