Was
previously a sub-family of the Bagridae, this
group of catfishes has now been elevated to
its own family status. All from the African
continent with the Giraffe or the African Big
Eye Catfish being the more common species.
Sizes
vary in this family from the larger Chrysichthys
to the smaller Lophiobagrus genera of
Lake Tanganika.
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