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Silurus  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164067

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderSiluriformes  – silures, catfishes  
                               FamilySiluridae Cuvier, 1816 – freshwater catfishes, sheatfishes  
                                  GenusSilurus Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesSilurus aristotelis Garman, 1890  
                                     SpeciesSilurus biwaensis (Tomoda, 1961)  
                                     SpeciesSilurus chantrei Sauvage, 1882  
                                     SpeciesSilurus duanensis Hu, Lan and Zhang, 2004  
                                     SpeciesSilurus gilberti Hora, 1938  
                                     SpeciesSilurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 – sheatfish 
                                     SpeciesSilurus grahami Regan, 1907  
                                     SpeciesSilurus lanzhouensis Chen, 1977  
                                     SpeciesSilurus lithophilus (Tomoda, 1961)  
                                     SpeciesSilurus mento Regan, 1904  
                                     SpeciesSilurus meridionalis Chen, 1977  
                                     SpeciesSilurus microdorsalis (Mori, 1936)  
                                     SpeciesSilurus morehensis Arunkumar and Tombi Singh, 1997  
                                     SpeciesSilurus palavanensis (Herre, 1924)  
                                     SpeciesSilurus soldatovi Nikolskii and Soin, 1948  
                                     SpeciesSilurus triostegus Heckel, 1843  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005, website (version 05-Apr-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Silurus   
       
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Silurus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Silurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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