Silurus caobangensis Nguyen, Vu & Nguyen, 2015
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Silurus caobangensis Nguyen, Vu & Nguyen, 2015
- Name authority
- Nguyen, Vu & Nguyen, 2015
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Siluridae
- Genus
- Silurus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familySiluridae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusSilurus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesSilurus caobangensis Nguyen, Vu & Nguyen, 2015
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Silurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Silurus grahami Regan, 1907 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silurus aristotelis Garman, 1890 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silurus chantrei Sauvage, 1882 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silurus duanensis Hu, Lan & Zhang, 2004 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silurus lithophilus (Tomoda, 1961) | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silurus meridionalis Chen, 1977 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silurus biwaensis (Tomoda, 1961) | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silurus dakrongensis Nguyen, Vu & Nguyen, 2015 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silurus longibarbatus Li, Li, Zhang & He, 2019 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Nguyen, V. H., Vu, T. H. N., & Nguyen, T. D. P. (2015). Three fish species of the genus Silurus Linnaeus, 1758, (Siluridae, Siluriformes) newly discovered in northern Vietnam. Journal of Science and Development (Tap Chí Khoa Hoc Và Phát Trien), 13 (1): 65–74. [In Vietnamese, English abstract]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:D5FTP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.