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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 |
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1. | None | 88 species | (100%) |
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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) |
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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%) |