Silurus tomodai
Species of fish
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Silurus tomodai is a species of catfish found in Japan.[1]
| Silurus tomodai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Silurus |
| Species: | S. tomodai |
| Binomial name | |
| Silurus tomodai Y. Hibino & Tabata, 2018 | |
This species reaches a length of 51.4 cm (20.2 in).
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Tomoda Katsuzo, a Japanese ichthyologist who contributed to the study of catfishes in Japan and who described Silurus biwaensis and Silurus lithophilus in 1961.[2]
