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The Wels was the subject of an episode in the first season of the documentary television show River Monsters. Host Jeremy Wade concluded that Wels catfish in the area were not large enough to consume adult human beings, but could easily swallow a child. Wade documented instances of Wels catfish being aggressive towards humans, including a Wels ...
Note 3 This fish is listed as either extinct in the UK only , critically endangered species IUCN status , endangered species IUCN status , vulnerable species IUCN status , by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Note 4 - It is assumed that wels catfish records were suspended by the BRFC in 2000 due to suspected importation ...
Wels catfish The Wels catfish is one of the largest catfish in the world. Medieval reports claim it is an aggressive man eater that will swallow people whole, even small children were found in one's stomach according to a legend. After new reports surface of attacks in Berlin, Germany, Jeremy Wade dives deep into the mystery of these fish.
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 ...
On 23 October 2000, The BRFC decided that no further claims would be considered for the Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) to prevent the importation of record sized illegal fish. [8] R Garner's 62lb specimen caught at Withy Pool, Henlow in 1997 has been frozen in time as a snapshot of the record as it stood at that time in 2000. [8]
The following tags are used to indicate the conservation status of species with IUCN criteria: EX: ... Wels catfish: Flusswels: Least concern: Ordo: ... 4: 223–232 ...
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature is the best known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. . Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmenta
16 October 1986: Lake of Grefeern, Buhl Germany [3] [53] Wels Catfish - Europäischer Wels / Mal / Silure glane / Siluro (Silurus glanis) 113.5 kg: 250 lb 3 oz: Roberto Godi: 5 Feb 2010: River Po, Mantua, Lombardy Italy [54] 112 kg: 246 lb 14 oz: Christophe Dubreuil France: September 2009: River Ebro, Mequinenza, Province of Zaragoza Spain [55 ...