silurus soldatovi? length

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silurus soldatovi? length

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The catelog states 3.5m! Is this a valid species and is there evidence it can grow that big? Just curious.
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Re: silurus soldatovi? length

Post by MatsP »

I would have thought that it's reasonable to expect this fish to grow LARGE. It is a close relative to S. glanis, which supposedly reaches nearly 5 meters. Fishbase lists 4m total length, based on this: http://www.fishbase.us/references/FBRef ... hp?ID=1441

They will definitel grow fairly large, as they are mature at around 1m (again, according to fishbase).

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