The Amur catfish (Silurus asotus), 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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Amur Catfish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Silurus glanis
- Clarias gariepinus
- Tandanus tandanus
- Clarias fuscus
- Clarias batrachus
- Plotosus canius — considered venomous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Siluridae
- Genus
- Silurus
- Species
- Silurus asotus
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