Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
- Silurus aristotelis (Aristotle's catfish)
- Silurus asotus (Amur catfish, Japanese common catfish)
- Silurus biwaensis (Giant lake biwa catfish, Eurasian catfish)
- Silurus chantrei – validity questionable, possibly a synonym of S. glanis.
- Silurus duanensis
- Silurus glanis (Wels catfish)
- Silurus grahami
- Silurus lanzhouensis
- Silurus lithophilus (Biwa rock catfish)
- Silurus mento
- Silurus meridionalis
- Silurus microdorsalis
- Silurus soldatovi (Soldatov's catfish)
- Silurus triostegus
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