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Chrysichthys sianenna Boulenger, 1906

 

Image contributors to this species:

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ScotCat Sources:

Etymology = Genus

Other Sources:

Search  Fishbase  Wikipedia  Catalog of Fishes  Global Biodiversity Information Facility  FishNet2

Relevant Information:

This catfish was in the the genus Chrysichthys, which was split off from Bagridae by Mo in 1991 along with all of the African Bagrids bar one, and is now housed in the Claroteidae family. In the same paper he reasigned Chrysichthys sianenna to the Bathybagrus genera. In some publications it is still maintened in the genus Chrysichthys. Habitat: This is a very common species in Lake Tanganyika and is sold in the local markets. Remarks: The current status in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes is valid as Chrysichthys sianenna Boulenger 1906 but in some online sources you can still find this species listed as Bathybagrus sianenna.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Bathybagrus sianenna

Family:

Claroteidae

Distribution:

Africa: Lake Tanganyika. Type locality: Niamkolo and .... Mbete [Lake Tanganyika].

Size:

23.0cm. (9ins)

Temp:

23-26°C (73-79°F)

p.H.

7.5-8.0.

Reference:

Seegers, L. 2008 The catfishes of Africa. A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p.
Mo, T., 1991. Anatomy, relationships and systematics of the Bagridae (Teleostei: Siluroidei) with a hypothesis of siluroid phylogeny. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae 17. 216 p.



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