Allan
James (1 Stamp) Eccles, D.H. Field
Guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania (1)
Mohamad Fathi (1)
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Description:
6 soft rays in dorsal fin. 50-60 anal fin rays. No
adipose fin present; a narrow fin fold on dorsal side
of caudal peduncle; tips of pectoral fins often reach
anterior base of extremely long anal fin. Habitat:
Resides in large rivers and inshore areas of lakes.
Seasonally important in Lake Victoria. Aquarium
Care: Needs a large tank as this is a schooling
species and will not do well as singe specimens. Larger
specimens may attack other inmates of the aquarium.
They seem to prefer a darker substrate. Diet:
Will eat most prepared foods including fish.
Common
Name:
African butter catfish
Synonyms:
Scheilbe mystus,
S. mystus mystus, S.niloticus,S. intermedius, S.auratus,
S.bipinnatus, S. hasselquistii, S.senegallus,S.dispela,
Schilbe dispila, S.senegalensis, S.mystus fasciata,
S.mystus fasciatus, S.steindachneri, Schilbe bouvieri,
Schilbe emini, S.uranoscopus, S. palmeri, Hypophthalmus
niloticus, Eutropius niloticus, E.niloticus niloticus,
E. nilotica, E.adansonii, E.congensis, E.obtusirostris,
E.liberiensis, E. altipinnis, E.lemairii, E.grenfelli,
E. mentalis, Bagrus adansonii, B.schilbeides, B.schilbeoides,
B.schilboides, B.depressirostris.
Family:
Schilbeidae
Distribution:
Africa:
Nile River basin and West Africa. Type locality:
Nile.
Size:
35.0cm. (14ins)
Temp:
23-26°C (73-79°F)
p.H.
6.5-7.2.
Reference:
Balon, E.K.
1974 Fishes of Lake Kariba, Africa. T.F.H. Publications,
Neptune City, New Jersey. Eccles, D.H.
1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery
purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of
Tanzania. Prepared and published with the support
of the United Nations Development Programme (project
URT/87/016). FAO, Rome. 145 p. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.
2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, ( 04/2019 ). Riehl, R. and H.A. Baensch 1991 Aquarien
Atlas. Band. 1. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-
und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 992 p.
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