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Silurus glanis Linnaeus 1758

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502
  • 2. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. hresmaeili @ shirazu. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9736 - 397 X * Corresponding authors & Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502

Description

218. Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

Common name. Wels catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758: 304 [Orient, less frequently in European lakes; syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.168 (1, skin), NRM 59 (1)].

Revisions. Berg (1949: 904).

Illustrations. Berg (1949: 904-905, figs. 656-657).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea, Lake Orumiyeh.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450-Turan Plain, 445-Orumiyeh.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Esbele.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.

Notes

Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH, NRM
Family
Siluridae
Genus
Silurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1853.11, NRM 59
Order
Siluriformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
glanis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2024

References

  • Berg, L. S. (1949) n. k. In: Ryby presnych vod SSSR i sopredelnych stan. [Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries]. Vol. 2. 4 th Edition, Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. [Guide to the Fauna of the U. S. S. R.]. Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries No. 29. Academy of Sciences of the U. S. S. R., Zoological Institute, Moskva, pp. 467 - 925. [in Russian. English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 496 pp. (1964)]
  • Esmaeili, H. R., Mehraban, H., Abbasi, K., Keivany, Y. & Coad, B. W. (2017 a) Review and updated checklist of freshwater fishes of Iran: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 4 (Supplement 1), 1 - 114.
  • Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H. R., Hamidan, N. A. & Reichenbacher, B. (2018) Systematics and historical biogeography of the Aphanius dispar species group (Teleostei: Aphaniidae) and description of a new species from Southern Iran. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 56 (4), 579 - 598.
  • Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Ghanavi, H. R. & Doadrio, I. (2020) Ichthyofauna from Iranian freshwater: Annotated checklist, diagnosis, taxonomy, distribution and conservation assessment. Zoological Studies, 59, 21. https: // doi. org / 10.6620 / ZS. 2020.59 - 21
  • Eagderi, S., Mouludi-Saleh, A., Esmaeli, H. R., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Nasri, M. (2022) Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2022. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 46 (6), 500 - 522. https: // doi. org / 10.55730 / 1300 - 0179.3104