The Golden Nile Catfish, Chrysichthys auratus is a species of fish belonging to the family Claroteidae.[1]
Chrysichthys auratus | |
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Chrysichthys auratus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Claroteidae |
Genus: | Chrysichthys |
Species: | C. auratus
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Binomial name | |
Chrysichthys auratus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
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Synonyms | |
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The species is found in Africa.[1]
The fish is widespread and is known from most of the West African hydrographic basins, except in the coastal areas between Gambia and Liberia, where it is replaced by Chrysichthys maurus.[2] It is also present from southern Liberia to Cabinda in Angola, and widespread throughout Lower Guinea. It is also reported from the Chad and Nile.[3]
Size
editThe fish can get as large as 84 cm (33 in)[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Chrysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Risch, L.M., 1992. Bagridae. p. 395-431. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome 2. Coll. Faune Tropicale N° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chrysichthys auratus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Risch, L.M., 2003. Claroteidae. p. 60-96 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p.
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