Species details : Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758

Accepted scientific name:
Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Silurus asotus  Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms:
Parasilurus asotus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Parasilurus asotus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parasilurus asotus asotus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Parasilurus asotus asotus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parasilurus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Parasilurus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Silurus bedfordi Regan, 1908 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Silurus bedfordi Regan, 1908
Silurus cinereus Dabry de Thiersant, 1872 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Silurus cinereus Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
Silurus dahuricus Pallas, 1787 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Silurus dahuricus Pallas, 1787
Silurus dauuricus Pallas, 1787 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Silurus dauuricus Pallas, 1787
Silurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Silurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Silurus punctatus Cantor, 1842 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Silurus punctatus Cantor, 1842
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Amurmalle - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Amur catfish - English Mongolia Click here to show the literature
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Amur catfish - English Russia Click here to show the literature
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Chinese catfish - English Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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Far Eastern catfish - English Russia Click here to show the literature
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Japanese catfish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Aasianmonni - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Japaninmonni - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Amurwels - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Namazu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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ナマズ - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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메기 Megi Korean - Click here to show the literature
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廉仔 Lian zai Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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廉仔 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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念仔魚 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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念仔鱼 Nian zai yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鯤魚 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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Nian ,nian yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鯰的異名 Nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鯰魚 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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鲲鱼 Kun yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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- Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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Nian ,nian yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鲶的异名 Nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鲶鱼 Nian yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黃骨魚 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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黄骨鱼 Huang gu yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Sum amurski - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Amurskii som - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Сом амурский - Russian - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Siluriformes FishBase
Family Siluridae FishBase
Genus Silurus FishBase
Distribution: Asia: Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, China, and Russia.
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=6566
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27ba8aac-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401