Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10019192

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D65887E4-FFB2-FF9C-98C8-D76BFD86FC40

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scientific name

Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758
status

 

Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL [I]—Wels catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758: 304 View in CoL [Orient, less frequently in European lakes; syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.168 (1, skin), NRM 59 (1)].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 904).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 904–905, figs. 656–657); Jawad et al. (2021a).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by anecdotal reports of S. glanis in an unspecified locality in Iraq exist; confirmed by Jawad et al. (2020).—Iraq materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: unspecified locality in Iraq exists.—General distribution: North America; Eastern Europe to central Asia. Widely introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species inhabits large and medium-sized lowland rivers, backwaters, and well-vegetated lakes. Spawns in shallow, warm, and well vegetated riverine habitats without current. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Fisheries: enhancement of wild stocks and sports fishing.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Siluridae

Genus

Silurus

Loc

Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald 2023
2023
Loc

Silurus glanis

Linnaeus 1758: 304
1758
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