Amur Catfish
Silurus asotus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The Amur catfish, also called the Japanese common catfish, Far Eastern catfish, and Chinese catfish, is a carnivorous catfish species belonging to the Siluridae family. It lives in widespread distribution in freshwater habitats across East Asia and is subject to extensive aquaculture. 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, the Russian Amur Basin and northern Vietnam.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Siluridae
- Genus
- Silurus