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Tigris catfish

Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the tigris 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 tigris catfish live?

Not recorded

Is the tigris 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 tigris catfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSiluriformes
  5. familySiluridae
  6. genusSilurus
  7. SpeciesSilurus triostegus Heckel, 1843
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Mesopotamian catfishEnglish
  • سلور دجلةArabic
  • sumec iráckýCzech
  • EsbelePersian
  • siluro mesopotamicoItalian
  • ماسی نقەKurdish
  • جري بلاد ما بين النهرينArabic
  • سلور بلاد ما بين النهرينArabic

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tigris catfish

Other species in the same genus Silurus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the tigris catfish?

The tigris catfish (Silurus triostegus) 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). Tigris catfish (Silurus triostegus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tigris-catfish

MLA

“Tigris catfish (Silurus triostegus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tigris-catfish.

BibTeX
@misc{tigris_catfish_2026,
  title = {Tigris catfish (Silurus triostegus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tigris-catfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}