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A Romanian fisherman penetrated the middle of the Danube with his boat because he wanted to take a bath. While bathing, a catfish caught his legs, which he could no longer pull out of the mouth of this big-mouthed monster, and so he got to the bottom of the water. A few days later, they came across
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The heaviest authenticated specimen, captured from the river Po by a
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varies across the species native distribution range. In the northern periphery of the distribution, the species has been declining over the last centuries and was extinct from
Denmark in the 1700s and from Finland in the 1800s. In Sweden it persists only in a few lakes and rivers, and is now
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per kilogram of body weight. The male guards the nest until the brood hatches, which, depending on water temperature, can take from three to ten days. If the water level decreases too much or too fast the male has been observed to splash the eggs with its tail in order to keep them wet.
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claim that catfish doesn’t spare humans either doesn’t just belong in the realm of tales, as we know of several cases that confirm that. Thus, Heckel and Kner mention that a catfish was caught at
Bratislava, in the stomach of which the remains of a child corpse were
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There are concerns about the ecological impact of introducing the wels catfish to regions where it is not native. Following the introduction of wels catfish, populations of other fish species have undergone steep declines. Since its introduction in the
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Tabloids regularly report attacks caused by various catfish that primarily affected animals (often only the role of the catfish was presumed). In April 2009, an
Austrian fisherman was allegedly attacked by a catfish in one of the fishing lakes in
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that were once abundant, especially in the Ebro river, have disappeared due to competition with and predation by wels catfish. The ecology of the river has also changed, with a major growth in aquatic vegetation such as algae.
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to feed on the dead clams at the surface of the water during the daytime. This opportunistic feeding highlights the adaptability of the wels catfish to new food sources, since the species is mainly a nocturnal bottom-feeder.
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revealed a highly variable dietary composition of terrestrial birds. This is likely the result of adapting their behaviour to forage on novel prey in response to new environments upon its introduction to the river
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With a total length possibly exceeding 3 m (9.8 ft) and a maximum weight of over 200 kg (440 lb), the wels is the largest freshwater fish in Europe and
Western Asia (only exceeded by the
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following his capture of three fish, two of about 66 kg (145 lb) and one of 74 kg (164 lb), of which two attempted to attack him following their release. A report in the
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Only under exceptionally good living circumstances can the wels catfish reach lengths of more than 2 m (6 ft 7 in), as with the record wels catfish of
Kiebingen (near
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Wade, Jeremy. “Chapter 2: Wels.” River
Monsters: True Stories of the Ones That Didn't Get Away, Da Capo Press, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, Boston, MA, 2012, pp. 34–49.
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in the 19th century. It was also translated into
Hungarian at the beginning of the 20th century. In this, Brehm or the compiling Hungarian scientists write the following:
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at water edge. 28% of the beaching behaviour observed and filmed in this study were successful in bird capture. Stable isotope analyses of catfish stomach contents using
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in 1983 since this type of behaviour has not been reported within the native range of this species. They can also eat red worms in the fall, but only the river species.
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the corpse of a dead fisherman whose legs were still in the catfish's mouth, but even the greedy robber could not release his victim's legs and drowned because of it".
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Bergström, K., Nordahl, O., Söderling, P. et al. Exceptional longevity in northern peripheral populations of Wels catfish (Silurus glanis). Sci Rep 12, 8070 (2022).
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1666:"Whole genome sequencing reveals high differentiation, low levels of genetic diversity and short runs of homozygosity among Swedish wels catfish"
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which was 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) long and weighed 68 kg (150 lb). In 1856, K. T. Kessler wrote about specimens from the
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Stuparušić (22 June 2018). "Уловљен џиновски сом на Гружанском језеру" [Gigantic wels catfish caught in the Gruža Lake].
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after a flood caused their tanks to overflow. In 2006, a specimen weighing 86 kg (189.5 lbs) and 1.85 m (6 ft) long was captured in
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told me that children bathing in the stomachs of catfish were caught in the bones of their hands and feet. - Communicates
Vutskits
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Cucherousset, J.; Boulêtreau, S. P.; Azémar, F. D. R.; Compin, A.; Guillaume, M.; Santoul, F. D. R. (2012). Steinke, Dirk (ed.).
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Palm, Stefan; Vinterstare, Jerker; Nathanson, Jan Eric; Triantafyllidis, Alexandros; Petersson, Erik (December 2019).
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1285:"Világrekord méretű harcsa a Dunából | Hírek | Fishing Time Horgászmagazin és Horgász Áruház"
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1136:Brehms Tierleben II - Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles 1
641:. Larger specimens have also been observed to eat
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1815:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T40713A10356149.en
1369:. University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology.
1342:Waller-Wrestling im ungarischen Fischerteich
1037:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T40713A10356149.en
1727:[Giant catfish attacks fisherman].
1547:Cucino, Almir; Vitule, Jean (16 May 2014).
1259:The Guinness book of animal facts and feats
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801:is not considered globally endangered, the
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1151:Legendární příšery a skutečná zvířata
673:on other catfish. Researchers at the
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2200:IUCN Red List least concern species
1801:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
1023:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
492:(2,61 m. 109 kg.), the former
333:The English common name comes from
1790:Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008).
1759:[Catfish (Silurus Art.)].
1012:Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008).
751:. Some endemic species of Iberian
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1723:Balázs, Laczó (6 July 2009).
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1433:10.1371/journal.pone.0050840
1312:Sascha Pare (15 June 2023).
903:Fishermen credible to Antipa
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2220:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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1191:N.Radišić (21 June 2018).
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706:Distribution and ecology
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956:Giant Lake Biwa catfish
559:An albino Wels catfish.
2215:Fish described in 1758
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1765:The World of Animals
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384:, and a small sharp
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1424:2012PLoSO...750840C
1386:The Huffington post
936:Silurus aristotelis
932:Aristotle's catfish
803:conservation status
793:Conservation status
363:Proto-Indo-European
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1357:Slone, C. (2006).
1061:Pauly, D. (2007).
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1527:Earth Touch
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1080:13 January
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763:Cyprinidae
627:gastropods
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486:Rottenburg
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329:Etymology
299:sheatfish
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