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Pronounced | Claar O Tee Iday |
Family Common Name | Claroteid Catfishes |
Features | Previously a sub-family of the bagridae, this group of catfishes now enjoys its own family status. |
Common Names | Giraffe or African Big Eye Catfish |
Size | Smallest 34mm, largest 1500mm, average 369mm, most commonly 170mm. All SL. |
Species | There are 62 "species" in 7 genera in the database |
Keepers | 55 species (88%) are being kept by registered keepers |
Breeders | 3 "species" (4.8%) are being bred. |
Distribution | Africa Login to view the map. |
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1. | Chrysichthys | 48 species | (86 keepers) |
2. | Phyllonemus | 3 species | (34 keepers) |
3. | Lophiobagrus | 5 species | (31 keepers) |
4. | †Clarotes | 2 species | (8 keepers) |
5. | Amarginops | 2 species | (2 keepers) |
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1. | (19.02%) | |
2. | (16.56%) | |
3. | (9.82%) | |
4. | (6.75%) | |
5. | (4.29%) | |
6. | (3.07%) | |
7. | (2.45%) | |
8. | (1.84%) | |
9. | (1.84%) | |
10. | (1.84%) | |
11. | (1.84%) | |
12. | (1.23%) | |
13. | Lophiobagrus aquilus | (1.23%) |
14. | Chrysichthys walkeri | (1.23%) |
15. | (1.23%) | |
16. | (1.23%) | |
17. | (1.23%) | |
18. | (0.61%) | |
19. | (0.61%) | |
20. | (0.61%) | |
21. | Lophiobagrus asperispinis | (0.61%) |
22. | †Clarotes eocenicus | (0.61%) |
23. | (0.61%) | |
24. | Chrysichthys uniformis | (0.61%) |
25. | (0.61%) |
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1. | Amarginops hildae | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
2. | Amarginops platus | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
3. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
4. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
5. | (i:1, k:5, b:0) | |
6. | Chrysichthys ansorgii | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
7. | (i:5, k:3, b:0) | |
8. | Chrysichthys bocagii | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
9. | (i:8, k:3, b:0) | |
10. | (i:1, k:2, b:0) | |
11. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
12. | Chrysichthys dageti | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
13. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
14. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
15. | Chrysichthys duttoni | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
16. | (i:2, k:3, b:0) | |
17. | Chrysichthys grandis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
18. | (i:6, k:2, b:0) | |
19. | Chrysichthys habereri | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
20. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
21. | Chrysichthys johnelsi | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
22. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
23. | Chrysichthys levequei | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
24. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
25. | Chrysichthys longidorsalis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
26. | (i:1, k:3, b:0) | |
27. | Chrysichthys mabusi | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
28. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
29. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
30. | (i:8, k:4, b:0) | |
31. | Chrysichthys nyongensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
32. | Chrysichthys ogooensis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
33. | Chrysichthys okae | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
34. | (i:8, k:27, b:0) | |
35. | Chrysichthys persimilis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
36. | Chrysichthys polli | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
37. | (i:2, k:0, b:0) | |
38. | (i:6, k:2, b:0) | |
39. | Chrysichthys rueppelli | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
40. | Chrysichthys sharpii | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
41. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
42. | (i:4, k:1, b:0) | |
43. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
44. | Chrysichthys stappersii | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
45. | Chrysichthys teugelsi | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
46. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
47. | Chrysichthys thysi | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
48. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
49. | Chrysichthys uniformis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
50. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
51. | Chrysichthys walkeri | (i:0, k:2, b:0) |
52. | †Clarotes eocenicus | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
53. | (i:11, k:7, b:0) | |
54. | Lophiobagrus aquilus | (i:0, k:2, b:0) |
55. | Lophiobagrus asperispinis | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
56. | (i:16, k:16, b:1) | |
57. | (i:10, k:11, b:2) | |
58. | (i:5, k:1, b:0) | |
59. | (i:4, k:1, b:0) | |
60. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
61. | (i:12, k:2, b:0) | |
62. | (i:17, k:31, b:4) |