Silurus asotus, commonly called the Japanese common catfish, Amur catfish, Far Eastern catfish, and Chinese catfish, is a catfish species belonging to the Siluridae family.[2] It lives in widespread distribution in freshwater habitats across East Asia and Japan.[2] As a freshwater species, it can be found only in the catchments of rivers, ponds, and lakes located in China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and the Russian Amur Basin. This species of catfish is carnivorous and has a high aquaculture.[2]
S. asotus features are characteristic of a huge silurid catfish, featuring a white stomach and sporadic white spots on its sides.[2] Fish have one pair of mandibular barbels and one pair of maxillary barbels, which are longer than the head, in both immature and adulthood.[2] The young of this species have an additional pair of mandibular barbels.[2] This species may reach a maximum length of 130 cm, although its typical length is between 30 and 60 cm, and its maximum weight is 30–40 kg.[2]
^Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Silurus asotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166951A1156283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166951A1156283.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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