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The wels catfish (/ ˈ w ɛ l s / or / ˈ v ɛ l s /; Silurus glanis), also called sheatfish or just wels, [2] is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, in the basins of the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas.
These catfish do not have spines before their dorsal fins or adipose fins, and their pelvic fins are either small or absent. The anal fin base is usually very long. [1] The largest species in this family is Silurus glanis, the Wels catfish, [1] which can grow to lengths over 3 m (9.8 ft) and weigh up to 300 lb (140 kg).
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. Today, its presence is only confirmed in the streams Helgeån, Emån and Båven. Catfish, Silurus glanis
One day, I decided to focus on the European catfish (Silurus glanis), an invasive and predatory species that has spread through the Lombard waters in recent decades and now thrives throughout the ...
Silurus lithophilus Tomoda, 1961 (rock catfish) Silurus longibarbatus Li, J, Li, X. H., Zhang, G, He, Y. J., 2019; Silurus mento Regan, 1904 (Kunming catfish) Silurus meridionalis H. L. Chen, 1977 (Yangtze catfish) Silurus microdorsalis (Mori, 1936) (slender catfish) Silurus soldatovi Nikolskii & Soin, 1948 (Soldatov's catfish) Silurus tomodai ...
The wels catfish, Silurus glanis, and the much smaller related Aristotle's catfish, are the only catfish indigenous to Europe; the former ranges throughout Europe, and the latter is restricted to Greece. Mythology and literature record wels catfish of astounding proportions yet are to be proven scientifically. The typical size of the species is ...
Wels catfish. Family Siluridae (sheatfishes) Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) Family Ictaluridae (North American catfishes) Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) (I)
Wels catfish, Silurus glanis (Europæisk malle) Esociformes - pike. Esocidae - pike. Northern pike, Esox lucius (Gedde) Osmeriformes - smelt