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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
Ompok bimaculatus
 
The Compleat Ebro Angler
Silurus glanis
 
Karl-Heinz Dau (Stamps)
Phalacronotus apogon
Silurus asotus
Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis
 
Zhou Hang @ Ikan Pemburu
Hemisilurus heterorhynchus
Hemisilurus moolenburghi
Ompok rhadinurus
Phalacronotus apogon
Pterocryptis anomala, Pterocryptis anomala, Pterocryptis anomala, Pterocryptis anomala, Pterocryptis anomala
Silurus asotus
 
Jean-Francois Helias @ Fishing Adventures Thailand
Micronema bleekeri, Micronema bleekeri
Ompok bimaculatus, Ompok bimaculatus, Ompok bimaculatus 
Phalacronotus apogon, Phalacronotus apogon, Phalacronotus apogon
Silurus asotus
Wallago attu, Wallago attu, Wallago attu, Wallago attu, Wallago attu, Wallago attu, Wallago attu
Wallago leerii
 
Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations
Pterocryptis anomala
Silurus lanzhouensis
Silurus soldatovi
 
Allan James @ ScotCat
Belodontichthys dinema, Belodontichthys dinema
Kryptopterus bicirrhis, Kryptopterus bicirrhis
Kryptopterus cryptopterus, Kryptopterus cryptopterus, Kryptopterus cryptopterus
Silurichthys indragiriensis
Wallago leerii, Wallago leerii, Wallago leerii
 
Johnny Jensen's  Photographic Library
Kryptopterus macrocephalus, Kryptopterus macrocephalus, Kryptopterus macrocephalus
Micronema bleekeri, Micronema bleekeri
Ompok bimaculatus, Ompok bimaculatus
Ompok eugeneiatus, Ompok eugeneiatus
Phalacronotus apogon, Phalacronotus apogon
Silurus glanis
Wallago attu, Wallago attu
 
Tobias Koch @ maccus.de
Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis
 
Frants Lehmann (Stamps)
Ompok pabda 
Silurus asotus
Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis, Silurus glanis
Wallago attu
 
Michael Lo @ Heaven On Earth-Borneo
Silurichthys marmoratus, Silurichthys marmoratus
 
Balaram Mahalder
Ompok pabda
 
Beta Mahatvaraj @ indianaquariumhobbyist.com
Ompok bimaculatus, Ompok bimaculatus, Ompok bimaculatus, Ompok bimaculatus, Ompok bimaculatus
 
Nonn Panitvong @ Siamensis.org
Ceratoglanis pachynema
Wallago micropogon, Wallago micropogon
 
Piscesilim
Silurichthys schneideri, Silurichthys schneideri
 
 
 
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