Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 26

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scientific name	Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758
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Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL [I]—Wels catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758: 304 View in CoL [Orient, less frequently in European lakes; syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.168 (1, skin), NRM 59 (1)].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 904).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 904–905, figs. 656–657); Jawad et al. (2021a).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by anecdotal reports of S. glanis in an unspecified locality in Iraq exist; confirmed by Jawad et al. (2020).—Iraq materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: unspecified locality in Iraq exists.—General distribution: North America; Eastern Europe to central Asia. Widely introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species inhabits large and medium-sized lowland rivers, backwaters, and well-vegetated lakes. Spawns in shallow, warm, and well vegetated riverine habitats without current. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Fisheries: enhancement of wild stocks and sports fishing.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

References

Berg, L. S. (1949) Ryby presnych vod SSSR i sopredelnych stan. [Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries]. Vol. 2. 4 th Edition. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. [Guide to the Fauna of the U. S. S. R.], Moskva. Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries, No. 29, 467 - 925. [in Russian, English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 1964, pp. 1 - 496]

Jawad, L. A., Abed, J., Mohsen, Z. & Al-Janabi, M. (2021 a) A confirmed record of the European catfish Silurus glanis L., 1758 (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Siluridae) from the southern marshes of Iraq, with a new anatomical set of characters to separate S. glanis and S. triostegus. Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History, 3 (1), 85 - 100. https: // doi. org / 10.18476 / insy. v 03. a 6

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, ii + 824 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542