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Chrysichthys cranchii (Leach, 1818)

 

Image contributors to this species:

World Records Freshwater Fishing (1) Thomas Kobe (2) John P. Friel (1)

ScotCat Sources:

Etymology = Genus

Other Sources:

Search  Fishbase  Wikipedia  Catalog of Fishes  Global Biodiversity Information Facility  FishNet2  iNaturalist

Relevant Information:

This is a huge species when fully grown and it is not a fish for the home aquarium. The second and third thumbnail images show an albino form from the D.R. Congo which was captured by local fishermen. Habitat: Found in large rivers throughout the Congo system and prefers a rocky substrate or places where trees have fallen in the water. Diet: The diet of this species is insect larvae when young to a predator on fish when growing into adulthood.

Common Name:

Kokuni, Kamba Cat

Synonyms:

Pimelodus cranchii, Chrysichthys börressoni

Family:

Claroteidae

Distribution:

Africa: Lualaba River system, Congo basin. Type locality: Lubosi river, a tributary to Luala river, Lower Congo.

Size:

150cm. TL. (52ins-4ft 4ins)

Temp:

24-28°C (75-83°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2015. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 04/2015 ).
Seegers, L., 2008. The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p.
Risch, L. and E.J. Vreven, 2007. Claroteinae. p. 607-629. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.



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Family: Claroteidae  Back to Ident-A-Cat  Click on Thumbnails

Click for full imageChrysichthys cranchii
Caught by Jakub Vagner, courtesy of Jakub Vagner
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Albino form
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Albino form
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Mbomo, Republic of the Congo

 

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