Chrysichthys

Chrysichthys
Chrysichthys auratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Claroteidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Chrysichthys Bleeker, 1858
Type species
Pimelodus auratus É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809
Species
See text

Chrysichthys is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa. Two fossil species are known. , Van Neer, 1994, is known from the Miocene-Pliocene of the Albertine Rift in Uganda and , Murray & Budney, 2003, is known from the Eocene of Mahenge, Tanzania.^[1]

Species[]

There are currently 42 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• , 2008
• , 1985
• Boulenger, 1910
• Chrysichthys auratus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
• Boulenger, 1910
• Chrysichthys brachynema Boulenger, 1900 (Kibonde, salmontail catfish)
• (Boulenger, 1899)
• (Leach, 1818) (Kokuni, Kamba)
• , 1992
• Boulenger, 1899
• (Poll, 1966)
• Chrysichthys depressus , 1917)
• Boulenger, 1905
• Steindachner, 1912
• T. R. Roberts & , 1976
• , 1973 (Hilda's grunter)
• Daget, 1959
• Pellegrin, 1932
• , 1988
• (Boulenger, 1899)
• & , 1981
• (Boulenger, 1899) (Aluminum catfish)
• Boulenger, 1905
• Boulenger, 1920
• (Valenciennes, 1840)
• (Lacépède, 1803) (Bagrid catfish)
• & , 1985
• (Pellegrin, 1900)
• Fowler, 1949
• Boulenger, 1902 (Ornate bagrid)
• Günther, 1899
• , 1987
• & Stiassny, 2008
• Boulenger, 1899
• Boulenger, 1907
• Boulenger, 1901 (Shovelnose catfish)
• , 1987
• Steindachner, 1912
• , 1985
• , 2008
• Pellegrin, 1922
• Boulenger, 1899
• Günther, 1899

References[]

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