Silurus glanis

E805694

Silurus glanis, commonly known as the Wels catfish, is a large freshwater catfish native to European and parts of Asian rivers and lakes, renowned for its impressive size and predatory behavior.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Silurus glanis canonical 4
Silurus aristotelis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf catfish ⓘ
species of fish ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
bodyColor dark mottled ⓘ
bodyShape elongated ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName European catfish ⓘ
Wels catfish ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
diet amphibians ⓘ
birds ⓘ
fish ⓘ
small mammals ⓘ
distributionRegion Danube River basin ⓘ
Rhine River basin ⓘ
linked to: Rhine River Basin

Volga River basin ⓘ
ecologicalImpact can be invasive outside native range ⓘ
family Siluridae ⓘ
genus Silurus ⓘ
habitat freshwater ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
hasBarbels yes ⓘ
hasSkeletonType bony ⓘ
importance commercially fished ⓘ
popular sport fish ⓘ
introducedTo France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
IUCNStatus Least Concern ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion swimming ⓘ
maximumRecordedLength about 5 m ⓘ
maximumRecordedWeight over 100 kg ⓘ
nativeTo Europe ⓘ
western Asia ⓘ
linked to: Western Asia
numberOfBarbels 6 ⓘ
order Siluriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
preferredWaterTemperature warm ⓘ
reproductionType oviparous ⓘ
respiration gills ⓘ
spawningSeason late spring to summer ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
trophicLevel apex predator ⓘ
typicalMaximumLength 2 to 3 m ⓘ
yearDescribed 1758 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siluridae → includesTaxon → Silurus glanis ⓘ
Siluridae → includesTaxon → Silurus aristotelis ⓘ
linked to: Silurus glanis
Silurus → typeSpecies → Silurus glanis ⓘ
Silurus → notableSpecies → Silurus glanis ⓘ
Silurus → containsTaxon → Silurus glanis ⓘ