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1.Belodontichthys dinema(i:8, k:2)
2.Belodontichthys truncatus(i:3, k:0)
3.Ceratoglanis scleronema(i:3, k:0)
4.Hemisilurus heterorhynchus(i:2, k:0)
5.Hemisilurus mekongensis(i:3, k:0)
6.Hemisilurus moolenburghi(i:1, k:0)
7.Kryptopterus bicirrhis(i:5, k:4)
8.Kryptopterus cryptopterus(i:6, k:4)
9.Kryptopterus dissitus(i:5, k:1)
10.Kryptopterus geminus(i:2, k:0)
11.Kryptopterus limpok(i:2, k:0)
12.Kryptopterus macrocephalus(i:9, k:8)
13.Kryptopterus minor(i:1, k:1)
14.Kryptopterus mononema(i:3, k:0)
15.Kryptopterus palembangensis(i:3, k:0)
16.Kryptopterus parvanalis(i:1, k:0)
17.Kryptopterus vitreolus(i:19, k:97)
18.Micronema cheveyi(i:2, k:0)
19.Micronema hexapterus(i:1, k:0)
20.Micronema moorei(i:1, k:0)
21.Micronema platypogon(i:1, k:0)
22.Ompok argestes(i:1, k:0)
23.Ompok bimaculatus(i:13, k:10)
24.Ompok brevirictus(i:1, k:0)
25.Ompok eugeneiatus(i:6, k:2)
26.Ompok hypophthalmus(i:3, k:0)
27.Ompok karunkodu(i:3, k:0)
28.Ompok malabaricus(i:2, k:1)
29.Ompok miostoma(i:1, k:0)
30.Ompok pabda(i:9, k:6)
31.Ompok pinnatus(i:1, k:0)
32.Ompok rhadinurus(i:2, k:1)
33.Ompok siluroides(i:12, k:4)
34.Ompok supernus(i:5, k:0)
35.Ompok urbaini(i:1, k:0)
36.Phalacronotus apogon(i:11, k:2)
37.Phalacronotus bleekeri(i:6, k:3)
38.Pterocryptis anomala(i:7, k:1)
39.Pterocryptis barakensis(i:3, k:0)
40.Pterocryptis berdmorei(i:7, k:1)
41.Pterocryptis buccata(i:1, k:0)
42.Pterocryptis cochinchinensis(i:0, k:0)
43.Pterocryptis furnessi(i:2, k:0)
44.Pterocryptis gangelica(i:5, k:1)
45.Pterocryptis taytayensis(i:1, k:0)
46.Pterocryptis wynaadensis(i:4, k:1)
47.Silurichthys hasseltii(i:4, k:1)
48.Silurichthys indragiriensis(i:10, k:1)
49.Silurichthys ligneolus(i:3, k:0)
50.Silurichthys phaiosoma(i:6, k:1)
51.Silurus aristotelis(i:0, k:0)
52.Silurus asotus(i:8, k:3)
53.Silurus biwaensis(i:5, k:1)
54.Silurus burmanensis(i:0, k:0)
55.Silurus duanensis(i:2, k:0)
56.Silurus glanis(i:34, k:8)
57.Silurus grahami(i:3, k:0)
58.Silurus lanzhouensis(i:1, k:0)
59.Silurus mento(i:4, k:0)
60.Silurus meridionalis(i:1, k:0)
61.Silurus microdorsalis(i:1, k:0)
62.Silurus soldatovi(i:1, k:1)
63.Silurus triostegus(i:5, k:1)
64.Wallago attu(i:16, k:4)
65.Wallagonia leerii(i:12, k:4)
66.Wallagonia maculatus(i:1, k:0)
67.Wallagonia micropogon(i:5, k:5)
Jump to next section Total of 67 species
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siluridae
Family Common NameSheath Catfishes
DistributionContinental Europe to Asia, introduced into the UK
Common NamesGlass Catfish, Helicopter Catfish, Wels
SizeSmallest 55mm, largest 4900mm, average 558mm, most commonly 150mm. All SL.
SpeciesThere are 67 species in 12 genera in the database
Keepers30 species (44%) are being kept by registered keepers
Jump to next section Top Five Genera
1.Kryptopterus , 11 species (115 keepers)
2.Ompok , 14 species (24 keepers)
3.Silurus , 13 species (14 keepers)
4.Wallagonia , 3 species (9 keepers)
5.Phalacronotus , 2 species (5 keepers)
Jump to next section Distribution of selected species
Jump to next section Most Kept Species
1. Kryptopterus vitreolus (53.89%)
2. Ompok bimaculatus (5.56%)
3. Silurus glanis (4.44%)
4. Kryptopterus macrocephalus (4.44%)
5. Ompok pabda (3.33%)
6. Wallagonia micropogon (2.78%)
7. Wallagonia leerii (2.22%)
8. Wallago attu (2.22%)
9. Ompok siluroides (2.22%)
10. Kryptopterus cryptopterus (2.22%)
11. Kryptopterus bicirrhis (2.22%)
12. Silurus asotus (1.67%)
13. Phalacronotus bleekeri (1.67%)
14. Phalacronotus apogon (1.11%)
15. Ompok eugeneiatus (1.11%)
16. Belodontichthys dinema (1.11%)
17. Silurus triostegus (0.56%)
18. Silurus soldatovi (0.56%)
19. Silurus biwaensis (0.56%)
20. Silurichthys phaiosoma (0.56%)
21. Silurichthys indragiriensis (0.56%)
22. Silurichthys hasseltii (0.56%)
23. Pterocryptis wynaadensis (0.56%)
24. Pterocryptis gangelica (0.56%)
25. Pterocryptis berdmorei (0.56%)