Siluridae
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Freshwater catfishes Fossil range: Upper Miocene - Recent
Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Superfamily: Siluroidea Family: Siluridae Cuvier, 1816
Genera
Belodontichthys Ceratoglanis Hemisilurus Hito Kryptopterus Micronema Ompok Parasilurus Pterocryptis Silurichthys Silurus Wallago

Sheatfishes or freshwater catfishes are a family (Siluridae) of catfishes. Surprisingly, many catfish are poisonous. This family is found in Europe and Asia in freshwater.

These catfish do not have a spine before their dorsal fin, do not have an adipose fin, and the pelvic fins are either small or absent. The anal fin base is usually very long. The largest species in this family is Silurus glanis, the Wels Catfish.

References

• "Siluridae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. Mar 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.

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