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Japanese Common Catfish

Silurus asotus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Japan.January 7, February 5, March 8, April 20, May 28, June 20, July 17, August 17, September 7, October 4, November 10, December 6.
Japan149
China80
Taiwan Province47
Taiwan47
Tokyo39
South Korea26
Shiga21
Russia21
Kyoto Prefecture19
Taichung19

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCatfishes · Siluriformes
FamilySheatfishes · Siluridae
GenusSilurus

Sources

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Practise Japanese Common Catfish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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