WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

To NHMUK collection (Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2584724)

AphiaID

154677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154677)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Silurus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Silurus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Siluris glanis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Silurus glanis aralensis Kessler, 1872 · unaccepted

Silurus silurus Wulff, 1765 · unaccepted

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

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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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154677 on 2026-07-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-19 07:59:47Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

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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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original description (of Silurus silurus Wulff, 1765) Wulff, J. C. (1765). Ichthyologia, cum amphibiis regni Borussici. Methodo Linnaena disposita. Iohan, Jakob Kanter, Regiomonti. Ichthyologia, cum amphibiis regni Borussici. Borussia [Prussa], Germany. i-xii + 1-60.
page(s): 33 [details]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Introduction This species has been introduced or released in Dutch waters. [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	siluripeshku mace europian	[details]
Danish	malle	[details]
Dutch	meervalEuropese meerval	[details]
English	Wels catfishwelswellscatfish	[details]
French	silure glane	[details]
German	WelsWallerSchaidfischFlusswelsEuropäischer Wels	[details]
Lithuanian	paprastasis šamas	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Γουλιανός	[details]
Polish	sum europejski	[details]
Romanian	codăubalaur	[details]
Russian	Сом обыкновенный сом европейский	[details]
Slovenian	som	[details]
Spanish	siluro	[details]
Swedish	mal	[details]
Turkish	yayın balığıyayin baligi	[details]
Ukrainian	Сом звичайний Сом європейський	[details]
Welsh	pencath	[details]