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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Siluriformes > Family: Siluridae > Genus: Silurus > Species: Silurus aristotelis

Aristotle's Catfish - Silurus aristotelis Garman, 1890

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Data Deficient (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	5 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	rivers and lakes
Natura 2000 species code	1150

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Data Deficient

Europe

Data Deficient

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
GR1220001	Greece	LIMNES VOLVI KAI LAGKADA – EVRYTERI PERIOCHI	Map
GR2310008	Greece	LIMNI OZEROS	Map
GR2310009	Greece	LIMNES TRICHONIDA KAI LYSIMACHEIA	Map
GR2310007	Greece	LIMNI AMVRAKIA	Map
GR2310001	Greece	DELTA ACHELOOU, LIMNOTHALASSA MESOLONGIOU - AITOLIKOU, EKVOLES EVINOU, NISOI ECHINADES, NISOS PETALAS	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	Annex V: animal and plant species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures.
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (Siluris aristotelis)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Aristotelesmeerval	Dutch	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Aristotelis-Wels	German	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Aristotle's Catfish	English	Fishbase
Greek Sheatfish	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Græsk malle	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Silure grec	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Siluro di Grecia	Italian	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Siluro griego	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Siluro-grego	Portuguese	Fishbase
Sum arystotelesa	Polish	Fishbase

Synonym	Author
Siluris aristotelis	Garman, 1890
Silurus aristotelis	(Agassiz, 1857)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
FishBase	FishBase
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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