Amur catfish
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| An Amur catfish caught using a lure at Lake Biwa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Silurus |
| Species: | S. asotus
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| Silurus asotus | |
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The Amur catfish (Silurus asotus), also known as the Japanese common catfish,[2] is a species of catfish (sheatfish) in the family Siluridae. It is a large freshwater fish found in continental East Asia and Japan. It prefers slow-flowing rivers, lakes, and irrigation canals. Its appearance is typical of a large silurid catfish. Larval S. asotus specimens have three pairs of barbels (one maxillary, two mandibular), while adult fish have only two pairs (one maxillary, one mandibular); the second pair of mandibular barbels degenerates.[3] This species grows to 130 cm (51 in) in total length.
Culinary use
In Korean cuisine, the fish is called megi (메기) and is used to boil maeun-tang (spicy fish soup).[citation needed]
References
- Bibliography
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Silurus asotus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- Notes
- ^ Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Silurus asotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166951A1156283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166951A1156283.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ ITIS (gov)
- ^ "Relationship between external and internal morphological changes and feeding habits in the fry state of Japanese Catfish Silurius Asotus" Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, 1999, Osamu Yada and Atsushi Furukawa, UJNR Aquaculture 28th Panel Proceedings
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