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Chrysichthys

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Chrysichthys
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Chrysichthys

Bleeker, 1858
Type species
Pimelodus auratus
É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809
Species

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

Species

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

References

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chrysichthys". FishBase. December 2011 version.