Basic information | ||
Scientific name | Silurus glanis | (No picture) |
Common names | wels catfish | |
Higher taxon | Siluridae, Siluriformes, Actinopterygii | |
Natural range | E & C Europe, W Asia | |
Habitat | Large rivers, lakes and ponds. Sometimes brackish zone. |
Invasion information | ||
Range in Japan | Not established in Japan. There is a record of this species found in a pond of Japan, in 2005. | |
Origin | Unintroduced to Japan. | |
Date | ||
Route | Deliberate (distributed as pet animal) | |
Impact | Potentially: predation on native species. hybridization with native congeners. Native organism(s) affected: Native fished and crustaceans. Native Silurus. | |
Regulation in Japan | Invasive alien species (Invasive Species Act) Keeping this species is prohibited in Shiga Pref. Keeping and release of genus Silurus is prohibited in UK. | |
Introduced range in other countries | Algeria, Tunisia, Europe (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK), Syria, Continental China. Extirpated in Denmark and Finland. |
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