Schilbe uranoscopus • Schilbeidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Schilbe uranoscopus** Rüppell, 1832
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Fish market in Cairo, Egypt.
Synonym(s)	Schilbe isidori
Pronunciation	skill bee
Species Information
Size	360mm (14.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Niger, Cross, Chad. Africa: Nile, Turkana system. African Waters, Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Eastern Rift Valley Lakes, Turkana (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Cross (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Fische Nil - pp4 - Pl. 1 (fig. 1)
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2006 Aug 04 08:47 (species record created: 2006 Aug 04 08:47)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Schilbe uranoscopus Rüppell, 1832

None

Fish market in Cairo, Egypt.

Schilbe isidori

skill bee

Species Information

360mm (14.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Africa: Niger, Cross, Chad. Africa: Nile, Turkana system.
African Waters, Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Eastern Rift Valley Lakes, Turkana (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Cross (click on these areas to find other species found there)