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Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

Wels catfish
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: European catfish, Obyknovennyi, Sheatfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref: Dgebuadze, Y.Y., 2016
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Distributed in the basin of the Baltic, Caspian, Aral and Black seas and the Sea of Azov (Ref. 26334). This has been translocated to areas within the country for stocking in open waters where they have locally established self-sustaining populations (Ref. 45022). Also Ref. 683, 59043, 119200. EurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Silurus: Greek, silouros = a cat fish + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

; süßwasser; brackwasser benthopelagisch; standorttreu; tiefenbereich 0 - 30 m (Ref. 9988).   Temperate; 4°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059); 62°N - 36°N, 0°E - 80°E

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