Wels catfish
(Silurus glanis)

Classification

Species: Silurus glanis
Genus: Silurus - Eurasian catfishes
Family: Siluridae - Eurasian catfishes
Order: Siluriformes - Catfishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Wels catfish
Habitat: Freshwater
Climates: Subtropical, Temperate, Continental
Native: Europe, Asia
Distribution: Nestos, Neva, Seine, Don, Lake Vrana, Tagus, Pineios (Thessaly), Vardar (Axios), Guadalquivir, Daugava (Western Dvina), Garonne, Soca, Ebro, Tiber, Arno, Lake Volvi, Charente, Lake Balkhash, Ural, Caspian Sea, Besos, Amu Darya, Rhine, Meuse (Maas), Dnieper, Struma - Strymonas, Loire, Kamchiya, Po River, Maritsa (Evros), River Thames, Danube, Lielupe

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