WoRMS taxon details
Silurus Linnaeus, 1758
154200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154200)
accepted
Genus
Glanis Agassiz, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parasilurus Bleeker, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siluris Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Silurus caobangensis Nguyen, Vu & Nguyen, 2015
- Species Silurus dakrongensis Nguyen, Vu & Nguyen, 2015
- Species Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Silurus langsonensis Nguyen, Vu & Nguyen, 2015
- Species Silurus longibarbatus Li, Li, Zhang & He, 2019
- Species Silurus tomodai Hibino & Tabata, 2018
- Species Silurus 16-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803)
- Species Silurus affinis Swainson, 1839 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus arab Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)
- Species Silurus argentata Swainson, 1839 accepted as Clupisoma garua (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Aspredo aspredo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Silurus atherinoides Bloch, 1794 accepted as Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus attu Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Silurus batrachus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Silurus bimaculatus Bloch, 1794 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus boalis Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Silurus calvarius Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède, 1803 (synonym)
- Species Silurus carinatus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Doras carinatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Silurus catus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Silurus chechra Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus clarias Bloch, 1782 accepted as Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840
- Species Silurus cornutus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Silurus cuvieri Gray, 1830 accepted as Ailia coila (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Silurus duda Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus felis Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym)
- Species Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794 accepted as Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus garua Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Clupisoma garua (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Silurus herzbergii Bloch, 1794 accepted as Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus hexadactylus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Platystacus cotylephorus Bloch, 1794
- Species Silurus imberbis Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Silurus inermis Houttuyn, 1782 accepted as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Silurus laticeps Swainson, 1838 accepted as Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus lineatus Thunberg, 1787 accepted as Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)
- Species Silurus macrostomus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Silurus maculatus Thunberg, 1792 accepted as Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792)
- Species Silurus marinus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Bagre marinus (Mitchill, 1815)
- Species Silurus marinus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803)
- Species Silurus microcephalus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus militaris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Osteogeneiosus militaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Silurus muelleri Bleeker, 1846 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Silurus mulleri Bleeker, 1846 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
- Species Silurus mysoricus Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794) (synonym)
- Species Silurus nebulosus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus nodosus Bloch, 1794 accepted as Pseudauchenipterus nodosus (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832 accepted as Sciades parkeri (Traill, 1832)
- Species Silurus pelusius Solander, 1794 accepted as Mystus pelusius (Solander, 1794)
- Species Silurus sexdecimradiatus Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803) (synonym)
- Species Silurus silurus Wulff, 1765 accepted as Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
- Species Silurus thunbergi (Lacepède, 1803) accepted as Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792)
- Species Silurus vaillantii Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840) (ambiguous synonym)
- Species Silurus wallago Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Silurus wallagoo Valenciennes, 1840 accepted as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Silurus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154200 on 2026-08-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy
taxonomy source
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]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Spelling Siluris [details]