Name:Silurus mento
Alias:Silurus mento,Kunming-lakecatfish,Dianchi catfish
Outline:Freshwater fish
Family:Siluriformes Siluridae Siluriformes
length:20-30cm
Weight:200-350g
Life:No verification information
IUCN:LC
Kunming catfish (scientific name: Silurus mento), foreign name Kunming-lakecatfish, belongs to the genus Silurus of the family Siluridae of the order Siluriformes, and is endemic to China.
Kunming catfish is a carnivorous fish that likes to live in lakeshores with abundant aquatic plants. It hides at the bottom of the water during the day and is active in the morning and evening to look for food.
Kunming catfish was originally a common fish in Dianchi Lake and one of the edible economic fish. Due to the rapid increase in the population around the origin, a large amount of domestic sewage was discharged into the lake, causing the lake water to become eutrophic; secondly, industrial wastewater was injected into the lake, causing the water quality to deteriorate, and then long-term overfishing; at the same time, the introduction of some other fish species into the lake and other factors have caused the population of Kunming catfish to decrease sharply. It has been almost extinct since the 1970s.
Listed in the second level of the "List of Nationally Protected Wildlife in China".
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