WoRMS taxon details
Siluridae Rafinesque, 1815
154199 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154199)
accepted
Family
- Genus Belodontichthys Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Ceratoglanis Myers, 1938
- Genus Hemisilurus Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Hito Herre, 1924
- Genus Kryptopterus Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Micronema Bleeker, 1858
- Genus Ompok Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Phalacronotus Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Pinniwallago Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981
- Genus Pterocryptis Peters, 1861
- Genus Silurichthys Bleeker, 1856
- Genus Silurus Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Wallago Bleeker, 1851
- Genus Apodoglanis Fowler, 1905 accepted as Pterocryptis Peters, 1861
- Genus Callichrous Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Ompok Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Callichrus accepted as Callichrous Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Ompok Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
- Genus Diastatomycter Vaillant, 1891 accepted as Hemisilurus Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Glanis Agassiz, 1829 accepted as Silurus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hitoichthys Herre, 1924 accepted as Pterocryptis Peters, 1861
- Genus Kryptopterichthys Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Kryptopterus Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Ompak accepted as Ompok Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
- Genus Parasilurus Bleeker, 1862 accepted as Silurus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Penesilurus Herre, 1924 accepted as Pterocryptis Peters, 1861
- Genus Pinniwalago accepted as Pinniwallago Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Pseudosilurus Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Ompok Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Siluris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Silurus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Silurodes Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Ompok Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Silurodon Kner, 1866 accepted as Wallago Bleeker, 1851
- Genus Villarius Rutter, 1896 accepted as Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820
- Genus Waallago accepted as Wallago Bleeker, 1851 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Wallagonia Myers, 1938 accepted as Wallago Bleeker, 1851
- Genus Wallagu accepted as Wallago Bleeker, 1851 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Siluridae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154199 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
