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Siluridae
Siluridae is the nominate family of catfishes in the order Siluriformes. There are about 105 living species of silurids in 14 genera.
14 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 106 known species
Silurus
genusSilurus
Asian Glass Catfishes
genusKryptopterus
Ompok
genusOmpok
Wallago
genusWallago
Pterocryptis
genusPterocryptis
Leaf Catfishes
genusSilurichthys
Phalacronotus
genusPhalacronotus
Wallagonia
genusWallagonia
Belodontichthys
genusBelodontichthys
Hemisilurus
genusHemisilurus
Micronema
genusMicronema
Ceratoglanis
genusCeratoglanis
Pinniwallago
genusPinniwallago
Kryptoglanis
genusKryptoglanis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86069.