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Please help,how to distinguish Silurus asotus from Wels
Posted: 21 Feb 2013, 09:15
by chris.west.curtis
How to distinguish Silurus asotus from Wels?please help me
Re: Please help,how to distinguish Silurus asotus from Wels
Posted: 21 Feb 2013, 09:43
by Silurus
The front edge of the pectoral spine is smooth in
S. glanis and serrated in
S. asotus.
Also from
this CotM article:
S. asotus looks like S. glanis at first glance, but differs from it in having only two (vs. four) mandibular barbels and fewer anal-fin rays (74-86 vs. 90-95).
Re: Please help,how to distinguish Silurus asotus from Wels
Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 12:44
by chris.west.curtis
Silurus wrote:The front edge of the pectoral spine is smooth in
S. glanis and serrated in
S. asotus.
Also from
this CotM article:
S. asotus looks like S. glanis at first glance, but differs from it in having only two (vs. four) mandibular barbels and fewer anal-fin rays (74-86 vs. 90-95).
Thank you