Amur catfish

Amur catfish
An Amur catfish caught using a lure at Lake Biwa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Siluridae
Genus:	Silurus
Species:	S. asotus
Binomial name
Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2][3]
List Parasilurus asotus (Linnaeus, 1758) Parasilurus asotus subsp. asotus (Linnaeus, 1758) Parasilurus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Silurus bedfordi Regan, 1908 Silurus cinereus Dabry de Thiersant, 1872 Silurus dahuricus Pallas, 1787 Silurus dauuricus Pallas, 1787 Silurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 Silurus punctatus Cantor, 1842 Centranodon japonicus Lacepède, 1803 Silurus spec Linnaeus, 1758 Silurus xanthosteus Richardson, 1845 Silurichthys basilewskii Bleeker, 1858 Parasilurus asotus subsp. longus Wu, 1930 Siluris imberbis Gmelin, 1789

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]