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Silurus meridionalis Chen, 1977

Image contributors to this species:

Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (1) Drake Shaw (3)

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Relevant Information:

Habitat: Recorded from the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang and tributary), the Pearl River (Bei Jiang), and the Min Jiang (Fujian Province) in southeastern China. Reproduction: Found in rivers, moves within the river to spawning grounds. Spawns from April to June in torrents (rapids) in sand and gravel and lays sticky eggs. Diet: Carnivorous and hunts at night. Etymology: The specific name meridionalis: Latin for southern, referring to its occurence in southern China.

Common Name:

Chinese large-mouth catfish

Synonyms:

Silurus soldatovi meridionalis

Family:

Siluridae

Distribution:

Asia: Middle Yangtze River basin, China. Type locality: Yangtze R. system, China.

Size:

114.0cm. (3ft 5½ins)

Temp:

p.H.

6.0-8.0.

IUCN Red List

Recorded from the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang and tributary), the Pearl River (Bei Jiang), and the Min Jiang (Fujian Province) in southeastern China. The species is impacted by overfishing and other threats, but at present it is assessed as Least Concern as the decline is not thought to be close to qualifying for a threatened category. However, the population should be monitored and the species reassessed if known threats have a greater impact than currently understood, but it does need to be updated, (IUCN 2011).

Reference:

Chen, X.-Y. 2011. Silurus meridionalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 08/2021 ).
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.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Silurus meridionalis

Silurus meridionalis
Gold-mouth view

Silurus meridionalis
Gold-dorsal head view

Silurus meridionalis
Gold-dorsal view

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