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Siluridae
Siluridae Siluridae = ( sy LUHR id dee ) 

This family like the Schilibidae are also called "glass catfishes" or sheath fishes.

This is quite a diverse family, from the midwater shoaling Krytopterus to the predatory Wallago and the European wels, Silurus glanis. The difference between the families is quite straightforward, the Silurids do not posses an adipose fin and most of the Shilbids do. The Silurids also have a small notch between the anal and caudal fin whereas the Shilbids have this joined.

          
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Haley Ahern
amiidae
Ompok bimaculatus
 
Karl-Heinz Dau (Stamps)
Micronema apogon
Silurus asotus
Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis
 
Zhou Hang @ Ikan Pemburu
Pterocryptis anomala, Pterocryptis anomala, Pterocryptis anomala, Pterocryptis anomala
Silurus asotus
 
Jean-Francois Helias@ Fishing Adventures Thailand
Micronema apogon, Micronema apogon, Micronema apogon
Micronema bleekeri, Micronema bleekeri
Ompok bimaculatus, Ompok bimaculatus
Wallago attu, Wallago attu, Wallago attu, Wallago attu, Wallago attu
 
Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations
Pterocryptis anomala
Silurus lanzhouensis
Silurus soldatovi
 
Frants Lehmann (Stamps)
Silurus asotus
Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis
Wallago attu
 
Johnny Jensen's  Photographic Library
Micronema apogon, Micronema apogon
Micronema bleekeri, Micronema bleekeri
Ompok bimaculatus, Ompok bimaculatus
Ompok eugeneiatus, Ompok eugeneiatus
Silurus glanis
Wallago attu, Wallago attu
 
 
 
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