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 Family Overview | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced | Skill BE Day |
| Family Common Name | Schilbe Catfishes |
| Features | Long anal fin, nasal barbels and a prominent dorsal fin. |
| Common Names | Butter Catfish |
| Size | Smallest 54mm, largest 605mm, average 231mm, most commonly 100mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 33 "species" in 5 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 10 species (30%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Distribution | Africa Login to view the map. |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pareutropius | 4 species | (63 keepers) |
| 2. | Parailia | 5 species | (22 keepers) |
| 3. | Schilbe | 21 species | (20 keepers) |
| 4. | Irvineia | 2 species | (0 keepers) |
| 5. | Siluranodon | 1 species | (0 keepers) |
| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (45.71%) | |
| 2. | (19.05%) | |
| 3. | (11.43%) | |
| 4. | (10.48%) | |
| 5. | (4.76%) | |
| 6. | (2.86%) | |
| 7. | (1.9%) | |
| 8. | (1.9%) | |
| 9. | (0.95%) | |
| 10. | (0.95%) | |
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/pareutropius/buffei/1.jpg "Pareutropius buffei")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/parailia/pellucida/1.jpg "Parailia pellucida")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/pareutropius/debauwi/1.jpg "Pareutropius debauwi")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/intermedius/1.jpg "Schilbe intermedius")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/grenfelli/1.jpg "Schilbe grenfelli")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/pareutropius/mandevillei/1.jpg "Pareutropius mandevillei")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/marmoratus/1.jpg "Schilbe marmoratus")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/brevianalis/1.jpg "Schilbe brevianalis")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/parailia/occidentalis/1.jpg "Parailia occidentalis")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/parailia/congica/1.jpg "Parailia congica")
| Alphabetic Species List (Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Irvineia orientalis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 2. | Irvineia voltae | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 3. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
| 4. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
| 5. | (i:9, k:20, b:0) | |
| 6. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
| 7. | Parailia spiniserrata | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 8. | (i:14, k:48, b:0) | |
| 9. | (i:3, k:12, b:0) | |
| 10. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 11. | (i:6, k:3, b:0) | |
| 12. | Schilbe angolensis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 13. | Schilbe banguelensis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 14. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
| 15. | (i:7, k:2, b:0) | |
| 16. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 17. | Schilbe djeremi | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 18. | Schilbe durinii | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 19. | (i:2, k:5, b:0) | |
| 20. | (i:13, k:11, b:0) | |
| 21. | Schilbe laticeps | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 22. | (i:2, k:0, b:0) | |
| 23. | (i:5, k:2, b:0) | |
| 24. | Schilbe micropogon | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 25. | Schilbe moebiusii | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 26. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 27. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
| 28. | Schilbe nyongensis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 29. | Schilbe tumbanus | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 30. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
| 31. | (i:2, k:0, b:0) | |
| 32. | Schilbe zairensis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 33. | Siluranodon auritus | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/parailia/somalensis/1.jpg "Parailia somalensis")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/pareutropius/longifilis/1.jpg "Pareutropius longifilis")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/bocagii/1.jpg "Schilbe bocagii")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/congensis/1.jpg "Schilbe congensis")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/mandibularis/1.jpg "Schilbe mandibularis")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/multitaeniatus/1.jpg "Schilbe multitaeniatus")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/mystus/1.jpg "Schilbe mystus")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/uranoscopus/1.jpg "Schilbe uranoscopus")
/siluriformes/schilbeidae/schilbe/yangambianus/1.jpg "Schilbe yangambianus")