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Silurus lanzhouensis Chen, 1977

Image contributors to this species:

Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (1)

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Relevant Information:

Habitat: Only found in the Huange River system in Yongjing county, Gansu province, China.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Siluridae

Distribution:

Asia: Changjiang, (Yangtze River), Zhujiang [Pearl River], Minjiang. Type locality: Yellow River system, Lanchow and Inner Mongolia, China.

Size:

90.0cm. (3ft)

Temp:

04-20°C (35-67°F)

p.H.

6.0-8.0.

Reference:

Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations book 3, p.117.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Kobayakawa, M., 1989. Systematic revision of the catfish genus Silurus, with description of a new species from Thailand and Burma. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 36(2):155-186.

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Silurus lanzhouensis

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