Silurus soldatovi, Soldatov's catfish

Silurus soldatovi Nikolskii & Soin, 1948

Soldatov's catfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Silurus: Greek, silouros = a cat fish + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Vladimir Konstantinovich Soldatov (1875–1941) was a Russian ichthyologist who was professor at the Moscow Technical Institute of Fishing Industry and Fish Farming (1919– 1941). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; non-migratory. Temperate; 5°C - 25°C (Ref. 13614); 54°N - 44°N, 126°E - 141°E

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Asia: Amur basin.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 95.0, range 90 - 100 cm
Max length : 400 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1441); max. published weight: 40.0 kg (Ref. 1441); max. reported age: 20 years (Ref. 56557)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 83 - 90. Head large and depressed; snout blunt and rounded; mouth large, upper jaw shorter than lower one and reaching backward over hind margin of eyes; maxillary barbels 1 pair reaching pectoral fin; chin barbels 2 pairs.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Threatened due to over harvesting, habitat loss and pollution (Ref. 58490).

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Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka, 1996. Cyclostomata and fishes of Khanka Lake drainage area (Amur river basin). An annotated check-list with comments on taxonomy and zoogeography of the region. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. :89 p. (Ref. 13397)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 February 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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