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Amur catfish

Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedbony fish

The amur catfish (Silurus asotus) is a species in the family Siluridae, order Siluriformes.

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Quick facts about the amur catfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the amur catfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the amur catfish as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Mongolia
  2. Russia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the amur catfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the amur catfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSiluriformes
  5. familySiluridae
  6. genusSilurus
  7. SpeciesSilurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Centranodon japonicus, Parasilurus asotus, Parasilurus asotus asotus, Parasilurus asotus longus, Parasilurus japonicus, Silurichthys basilewskii, Siluris imberbis, Silurus bedfordi, Silurus cinereus, Silurus dahuricus, Silurus dauuricus, Silurus japonicus, Silurus punctatus, Silurus xanthosteus

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Chinese catfishEnglish
  • Japanese catfishEnglish
  • Japanese common catfishEnglish
  • 鲶Chinese
  • sumec amurskýCzech
  • AmurmalleDanish
  • AmurwelsGerman
  • Silurus asotusSpanish
  • گربهماهی آمورPersian
  • Silure asoteFrench
  • siluro dell'AmurItalian
  • ナマズ (Namazu)Japanese
  • 메 기Korean
  • Амурский сомRussian
  • Amur yayın balığıTurkish
  • Сом амурськийUkrainian
  • cá nheoVietnamese
  • 鯰Chinese
  • Amur-WelsGerman
  • Siluro del AmurSpanish
  • ナマズJapanese
  • Cá nheo sông AmurVietnamese
  • 廉仔Chinese
  • 念仔魚Chinese
  • 念仔鱼Chinese
  • 花鯰Chinese
  • 鯤魚Chinese
  • 鯰的異名Chinese
  • 鯰魚Chinese
  • 鲇Chinese
  • 鲇鱼Chinese
  • 黃骨魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the amur catfish

Other species in the same genus Silurus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the amur catfish an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the amur catfish as introduced in 2 countries: Mongolia and Russia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the amur catfish?

The amur catfish (Silurus asotus) belongs to the family Siluridae in the order Siluriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Amur catfish (Silurus asotus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/amur-catfish

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@misc{amur_catfish_2026,
  title = {Amur catfish (Silurus asotus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/amur-catfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}