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Name
Scientific name
Silurus glanis
Described by
Not recorded
Family
Siluridae
Common names
Wels catfish
Photograph credits
All 3 credited
Summary
The wels catfish, Silurus glanis, is a sheatfish native to rivers draining into the North, Baltic, Black, Caspian and Aral seas. It has bee…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
5000mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Not recorded
Water
Water conditions
3.9–20°C
Hardness
3–25dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
Not recorded
Community suitability
Not recorded
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Armenia, Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Serbia, Poland, Germany, Switzerland
Writing
Etymology
Not written yet
Distribution
Native to river systems draining into the North, Baltic, Black, Caspian and Aral seas and was thus originally distributed throughout the majority of eastern Eu…
Habitat
Almost exclusively inhabits medium-to-large, lowland river channels and lakes, rarely moving into smaller tributaries except during the first year or so of lif…
Aquarium size
This species is suitable only for public aquaria plus a very small minority of private aquarists and as such we offer no recommended aquarium size.
Maintenance
The choice of décor is as much down to personal preference as anything else though a carefully-aquascaped, planted set-up is obviously out of the question. A s…
Water conditions
Temperature: 3.9 – 20 °C pH: 6.0 - 8.0 Hardness: 3 - 25°H
Diet
A primarily nocturnal, opportunistic carnivore preying mostly on other fishes and crustaceans in nature with amphibians, insects, birds (usually young waterfow…
Behaviour and compatibility
Only keep with species large enough to avoid predation. It's not a gregarious species and under normal circumstances is territorial with conspecifics, though a…
Sexual dimorphism
Males are apparently slimmer than females and possess visible serrations on the posterior edge of the pectoral fin spines which are absent in females.
Reproduction
Has never been bred in aquaria as far as we know but is farmed on a commercial basis, often using high-protein, artificial feed and artificial methods of propa…
Notes
Juvenile specimens are occasionally available in the aquarium trade but this species is clearly not a viable subject for the vast majority of private aquarists…
References
References
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