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| Family Common Name | Sheath Catfishes |
| Distribution | Continental Europe to Asia, introduced into the UK |
| Common Names | Glass Catfish, Helicopter Catfish, Wels |
| Size | Smallest 55mm, largest 5000mm, average 539mm, most commonly 1000mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 88 species in 12 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 32 species (36%) are being kept by registered keepers |
 Subfamilies in Siluridae | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | None | 88 species | (100%) |
| Top Five Genera | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kryptopterus | 13 species | (129 keepers) |
| 2. | Ompok | 25 species | (35 keepers) |
| 3. | Silurus | 19 species | (17 keepers) |
| 4. | Wallagonia | 3 species | (11 keepers) |
| 5. | Phalacronotus | 3 species | (6 keepers) |
| Distribution of selected species | |
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| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kryptopterus vitreolus | (51.16%) |
| 2. | Silurus glanis | (4.65%) |
| 3. | Ompok bimaculatus | (4.65%) |
| 4. | Ompok pabda | (3.72%) |
| 5. | Kryptopterus macrocephalus | (3.72%) |
| 6. | Ompok eugeneiatus | (3.26%) |
| 7. | Wallagonia leerii | (2.79%) |
| 8. | Wallagonia micropogon | (2.33%) |
| 9. | Ompok siluroides | (2.33%) |
| 10. | Kryptopterus cryptopterus | (2.33%) |
| 11. | Wallago attu | (1.86%) |
| 12. | Phalacronotus bleekeri | (1.86%) |
| 13. | Kryptopterus bicirrhis | (1.86%) |
| 14. | Silurus asotus | (1.4%) |
| 15. | Silurichthys hasseltii | (1.4%) |
| 16. | Ompok rhadinurus | (1.4%) |
| 17. | Silurus triostegus | (0.93%) |
| 18. | Silurichthys phaiosoma | (0.93%) |
| 19. | Phalacronotus apogon | (0.93%) |
| 20. | Belodontichthys dinema | (0.93%) |
| 21. | Silurus soldatovi | (0.47%) |
| 22. | Silurus biwaensis | (0.47%) |
| 23. | Silurichthys indragiriensis | (0.47%) |
| 24. | Pterocryptis wynaadensis | (0.47%) |
| 25. | Pterocryptis gangelica | (0.47%) |