The Siluridae are the nominate family of catfishes in the order Siluriformes. There are about 100 living species of silurids in 12 genera. Although silurids occur across much of Europe and Asia, they are most diverse in Southeast Asia, beyond which their diversity decreases in temperate East Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Southwest Asia, and Europ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siluridae