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Silurus microdorsalis

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Silurus microdorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Silurus
Species:
S. microdorsalis
Binomial name
Silurus microdorsalis
(Mori, 1936)
Synonyms
  • Parasilurus microdorsalis Mori, 1936

Silurus microdorsalis, the slender catfish, is a species of catfish found in Asia, in the Yalu River in Korea and China.[1]

Description

This species reaches a length of 35.0 cm (13.8 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish's name means small dorsal fin in Latin.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kobayakawa, M., 1989. Systematic revision of the catfish genus Silurus, with description of a new species from Thailand and Burma. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 36(2):155-186.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Silurus microdorsalis". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 December 2023.