Back Wels (Fisch) ALS Silurus glanis AN سلور الدانوب Arabic قرموط ويلس ARZ Silurus glanis AST Naqqa balığı Azerbaijani Йәйен Bashkir Šams BAT-SMG Сом Byelorussian Сом звычайны BE-X-OLD
| Wels catfish | |
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| Near Leipzig, Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Silurus |
| Species: | S. glanis
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| Binomial name | |
| Silurus glanis | |
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| Range of the wels catfish. Red: native occurrence. Blue: occurrence in coastal waters. Orange: (re)introduced | |
The wels catfish (/ˈwɛls/ or /ˈvɛls/; Silurus glanis), also called sheatfish or just wels,[2] is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, in the basins of the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas. It has been introduced to Western Europe as a prized sport fish and is now found from the United Kingdom east to Kazakhstan and China and south to Greece and Turkey.
- ^ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Silurus glanis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T40713A10356149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T40713A10356149.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Pauly, D. (2007). Darwin's Fishes: An Encyclopedia of Ichthyology, Ecology, and Evolution. Cambridge University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-139-45181-9. Retrieved 13 January 2022.