| Accepted scientific name: |
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Chrysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Bagrus auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) (synonym) |
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| Bagrus capito Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) |
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| Chrysichthys auratus auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) (synonym) |
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| Chrysichthys auratus longifilis Pfaff, 1933 (synonym) |
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| Chrysichthys auratus tilhoi (Pellegrin, 1909) (synonym) |
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| Chrysichthys filamentosus Boulenger, 1912 (synonym) |
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| Chrysichthys kingsleyae Günther, 1899 (synonym) |
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| Chrysichthys longifelis Pfaff, 1933 (synonym) |
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| Chrysichthys longifilis Pfaff, 1933 (synonym) |
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| Chrysichthys macrops Günther, 1864 (synonym) |
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| Chrysichtys nigrodigitatus (non Lacepède, 1803) (misapplied name) |
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| Chysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) (synonym) |
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| Gephyroglanis ogoensis (non Pellegrin, 1900) (misapplied name) |
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| Gephyroglanis tilhoi Pellegrin, 1909 (synonym) |
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| Pimelodus auratus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 (synonym) |
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| Porcus auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Language |
Country |
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| Abu rial |
Arabic |
Sudan |
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| Agok |
Dinka, Northeastern |
Sudan |
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| Dip |
Dinka, Northeastern |
Sudan |
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| Golden Nile catfish |
English |
Kenya |
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| Kultakissamonni |
Finnish |
Finland |
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| Durukulli |
Hausa |
Nigeria(Kainji Lake.) |
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| Marushe |
Hausa |
Nigeria(Kainji Lake.) |
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| Tandu |
Hausa |
Nigeria(Kainji Lake.) |
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| Warushe |
Hausa |
Nigeria(Kainji Lake.) |
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| Okpo isiukwu |
Igbo |
Nigeria |
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| Unguli |
Ijo |
Nigeria |
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| Gening-mat |
Kim |
Chad(Kolobo (Ref. 52867).) |
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| Kor |
Kim |
Chad(Djoumané (Ref. 52867).) |
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| Lër |
Kim |
Chad(Eré and Kim (Ref. 52867).) |
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| Dim |
Nuer |
Sudan |
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| Ezwagi |
Nupe |
Nigeria |
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| Lochakolong |
Turkana |
Kenya(Lake Turkana) |
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| Igangan |
Yoruba |
Nigeria |
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| Zakumbo |
Zande |
Sudan |
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| Classification: |
| Kingdom |
Animalia
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b7e0a3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Phylum |
Chordata
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a0f2ea-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Class |
Actinopterygii
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17954-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Order |
Siluriformes
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2abab9d-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Family |
Claroteidae
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2abed54-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Genus |
Chrysichthys
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2f74422-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
West Africa: occurs in most of the West African hydrographic basins, except in the coastal areas between Gambia and Liberia, where it is replaced by C. maurus (Ref. 7324, 57126). Present from southern Liberia to Cabinda (Angola (Ref. 57126). Widespread throughout Lower Guinea (Ref. 81642).
Also reported from the Chad (Ref. 3236, 57126) and the Nile basin (Ref. 3236, 2988, 28663, 78586). |
| Lifezones: |
Freshwater |
| Additional data: |
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
19-May-2014 |
| Source database: |
FishBase, Jan 2015
99%
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. |
| Online resource: |
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=2443
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:26a22c88-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401 |
