Silurus
asotus Linnaeus, 1758
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Lehmann (1 Stamp)
Zhou
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Karl-Heinz
Dau (1 Stamp) Jean-Francois
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Dorsal soft rays (total):
4 - 4; Anal soft rays: 67 - 84. The side of the dorsal is dark
grey; white stomach; with irregular white dots on the side. One
pair of maxillary barbel, longer than the head; one pair of mandibular
barbels, about 1/5-1/3 the length of the maxillary barbel. Distinguished
from the other species of the genus in Indochina by dark grey
dorsal, white stomach and irregular white spots on the sides.
Found in medium sized rivers and streams, usually in slowly running
water over the muddy bottom. |
| 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:
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90cm.
(36ins) |
| Temp: |
05-25°C
(37-77F) |
| p.H. |
6.0-8.0. |
| Reference: |
Froese, R.
and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web
electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (10/2010).
Serov, D.V.; Nezdoliy, V.K.; Pavlov,
D.S. The Freshwater Fishes of Central Vietnam. Moscow,
Nha Trang 2006. 362p |
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Family:
Siluridae
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