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Wels Catfish

Silurus glanis

62Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
22Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar2
Apr0
May1
Jun2
Jul6
Aug3
Sep0
Oct4
Nov6
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England8
2East Riding of Yorkshire England3
3Cambridgeshire England2
4Essex England2
5Gloucestershire England2
6Powys Wales2
7Suffolk England1
8Oxfordshire England1
9Surrey England1
10Dorset England1
11Cornwall England1
12Devon England1
13Worcestershire England1
14Cheshire East England1
15Northamptonshire England1
59 England2 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
62
Peak month
July
Counties with records
22
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Silurus glanis
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
52
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Siluridae
Genus
Silurus
Name with authority
Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159323 · GBIF 2337607