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 Family Overview | |
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| Pronounced | Skill BE Day |
| Family Common Name | Schilbe Catfishes |
| Features | Long anal fin, nasal barbels and a prominent dorsal fin. |
| Distribution | Africa |
| 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 |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pareutropius | 4 species | (62 keepers) |
| 2. | Parailia | 5 species | (21 keepers) |
| 3. | Schilbe | 21 species | (20 keepers) |
| 4. | Irvineia | 2 species | (0 keepers) |
| 5. | Siluranodon | 1 species | (0 keepers) |
| Distribution of Schilbeidae | |
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| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pareutropius buffei | (45.63%) |
| 2. | Parailia pellucida | (18.45%) |
| 3. | Pareutropius debauwi | (11.65%) |
| 4. | Schilbe intermedius | (10.68%) |
| 5. | Schilbe grenfelli | (4.85%) |
| 6. | Pareutropius mandevillei | (2.91%) |
| 7. | Schilbe marmoratus | (1.94%) |
| 8. | Schilbe brevianalis | (1.94%) |
| 9. | Parailia occidentalis | (0.97%) |
| 10. | Parailia congica | (0.97%) |
| 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. | Parailia congica | (i:2, k:1, b:0) |
| 4. | Parailia occidentalis | (i:1, k:1, b:0) |
| 5. | Parailia pellucida | (i:9, k:19, b:0) |
| 6. | Parailia somalensis | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 7. | Parailia spiniserrata | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 8. | Pareutropius buffei | (i:14, k:47, b:0) |
| 9. | Pareutropius debauwi | (i:3, k:12, b:0) |
| 10. | Pareutropius longifilis | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 11. | Pareutropius mandevillei | (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. | Schilbe bocagii | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 15. | Schilbe brevianalis | (i:7, k:2, b:0) |
| 16. | Schilbe congensis | (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. | Schilbe grenfelli | (i:2, k:5, b:0) |
| 20. | Schilbe intermedius | (i:13, k:11, b:0) |
| 21. | Schilbe laticeps | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 22. | Schilbe mandibularis | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 23. | Schilbe marmoratus | (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. | Schilbe multitaeniatus | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 27. | Schilbe mystus | (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. | Schilbe uranoscopus | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 31. | Schilbe yangambianus | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 32. | Schilbe zairensis | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 33. | Siluranodon auritus | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |