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Silurus asotus  Linnaeus, 1758
 Image contributors to this species:
 The Fishes of Taiwan (1)  Frants Lehmann (1 Stamp) Zhou Hang (1)  Karl-Heinz Dau (1 Stamp)
 ScotCat Sources:
 Etymology = Genus
 Other Sources:
 Fishbase  Google   ACSI
 
 Common Name:  Amur catfish
 Synonyms:  Parasilurus asotus asotus, P.asotus, P.japonicus, Silurus dahuricus, S.punctatus,  S.japonicus,S.cinereus,  S.bedfordi  
 Family:  Siluridaeycipitidae
 Distribution:  Asia: Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, China, and  Russia
 Size:  90cm. (36ins)
 Temp:  05-25°C (37-77F)
 p.H.  6.0-8.0.




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