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The wels catfish has also been observed taking advantage of large die-offs of Asian clams to feed on the dead clams at the surface of the water during the daytime. This opportunistic feeding highlights the adaptability of the wels catfish to new food sources, since the species is mainly a nocturnal bottom-feeder. [22]
Siluriformes, or catfish, are a diverse order of fish distinguished by prominent barbels, which give the image of cat-like whiskers. In Swedish waters, the only species of this order is the wels catfish (Siluris glanis). This very large freshwater fish is common over much of continental Europe, and was once well known in Sweden.
Channel catfish: Wels catfish Silurus glanis: Siluridae Siluriformes ... "Conservation status of endemic freshwater fish in Spain". Biological Conservation. 72 (2): ...
Italian fisherman Dino Ferrari caught a 280-lb. Wels Catfish Thursday in Italy's Po Delta river, setting a new record. The U.K. Mirror reported that the catch is the world's largest wels catfish ...
The following tags are used to indicate the conservation status of species with IUCN ... IUCN status: Image: Ordo: Myxiniformes: ... Wels catfish: Flusswels: Least ...
These tags are used to evaluate the conservation status of species by criteria of IUCN: EX: ... Channel catfish: ... Silurus glanis: Linnaeus, 1758: Wels catfish:
It is the second-largest catfish in its family and is only outsized by the wels, Giant pangasius and Mekong giant catfish. It has a short, rounded body and a long broad tail, the anal fin of the fish is about as long as the tail itself and it ends in a forked caudal fin. The pelvic fins of the fish are small, and there are no dorsal spines on it.
1970 British record wels catfish (Silurus glanis) This is an impartial (not implicitly biased to a single governing body, the BRFC ) and comprehensive record list of 310 British record freshwater fish, past and present, involving 60 species/sub-species of fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line.