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Silurus aristotelis (Aristotle's Catfish; Greek sheatfish; Acheloos catfish)

Synonyms: Glanis aristotelis (heterotypic); Parasilurus aristotelis (heterotypic); Siluris aristotelis
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Wikipedia Abstract

Aristotle's catfish (Silurus aristotelis) is a species of fish in the Siluridae family. It is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the Acheloos River drainage. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species grows to a length of 46 centimetres (18 in) TL and is of importance to local commercial fisheries. It is known from Lake Trichonida, Lake Lysimachia and Lake Amvrakia and introduced to Lake Volvi and Lake Ioannina in the 1980s thus exclusively lives in lakes. Threats may be water pollution and overfishing.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
DELTA ACHELOOU, LIMNOTHALASSA MESOLONGIOU - AITOLIKOU, EKVOLES EVINOU, NISOI ECHINADES, NISOS PETALA 87747 Greece  
KOILADA ACHELOOU KAI ORI VALTOU 115492 Greece  
LIMNES TRICHONIDA KAI LYSIMACHEIA 35286 Greece  
LIMNI AMVRAKIA 5448 Greece  
LIMNI OZEROS 3110 Greece  

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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0