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Schilbeidae

Schilbeidae This family of catfish are in the main, midwater swimmers, and are commonly known as glass catfishes due to some of them having transparent bodies

They can sometimes be confused with the Siluridae family but the Silurids do not possess an adipose fin and their dorsals are usually very small. Usually 4 pairs of barbels with the anal fin being very long. Quite easy to keep in the aquarium as the vast majority will accept flake food.

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Hippocampus Bildarchiv

Parailia congica, Parailia congica

Parailia occidentalis

Parailia pellucida

Pareutropius buffei, Pareutropius buffei

Pareutropius debauwi, Pareutropius debauwi

Pareutropius longifilis

Schilbe grenfelli, Schilbe grenfelli

Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius

Christian Bode

Schilbe intermedius

Nathan Cook

Schilbe intermedius

Joe Cutler

Schilbe grenfelli

Schilbe multitaeniatus

Joe Cutler @ Ogooue Megatransect

Parailia occidentalis

Schilbe grenfelli

Schilbe multitaeniatus

Karl-Heinz Dau (Stamps)

Schilbe intermedius

Eccles, D.H. 1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania

Schilbe mystus

Mohamad Fathi

Schilbe mystus

Christian Fry

Schilbe depressirostris, Schilbe depressirostris, Schilbe depressirostris

Martin Grimm

Pareutropius longifilis

Allan James @ ScotCat

Schilbe grenfelli

Schilbe marmoratus, Schilbe marmoratus, Schilbe marmoratus

Schilbe mystus

Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library

Parailia pellucida, Parailia pellucida

Pareutropius buffei, Pareutropius buffei

Schilbe mandibularis

Birger Kamprath

Parailia pellucida, Parailia pellucida

Michael Kirkham

Schilbe brevianalis

Frants Lehmann (Stamps)

Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius

Schilbe mandibularis

Chris CatFish McGinnis

Schilbe brevianalis

Gareth Savage

Pareutropius buffei

Brian Sidauskas @ Oregone State University

Parailia occidentalis

Schilbe grenfelli

Russell Brian Tate

Schilbe brevianalis

Reinhold Wawrzynski @ Catfish-and-more

Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius, Schilbe intermedius

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