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Schilbe
Genus of fishes
Schilbe is a genus of schilbid catfishes native to Africa. Some are colloquially called butter catfish, though this may also refer to the Asian genus Ompok of the family Siluridae.
01Species
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:
- Schilbe angolensis (De Vos, 1984)
- Schilbe ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
- Schilbe banguelensis (Boulenger, 1911) (Golden Barbel)
- Schilbe bocagii (Guimarães, 1884)
- Schilbe brevianalis (Pellegrin, 1929)
- Schilbe congensis (Leach, 1818)
- Schilbe depressirostris (Peters, 1852)
- Schilbe djeremi (Thys van den Audenaerde & De Vos, 1982)
- Schilbe durinii (Gianferrari, 1932)
- Schilbe grenfelli (Boulenger, 1900)
- Schilbe intermedius Rüppell, 1832 (Silver Butter Catfish)
- Schilbe laticeps (Boulenger, 1899)
- Schilbe mandibularis (Günther, 1867)
- Schilbe marmoratus Boulenger, 1911 (Shoulderspot Catfish)
- Schilbe micropogon (Trewavas, 1943)
- Schilbe moebiusii (Pfeffer, 1896)
- Schilbe multitaeniatus (Pellegrin, 1913)
- Schilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) (African Butter Catfish)
- Schilbe nyongensis (De Vos, 1981)
- Schilbe tumbanus (Pellegrin, 1926)
- Schilbe uranoscopus Rüppell, 1832
- Schilbe yangambianus (Poll, 1954) (Yangambi Butterbarbel)
- Schilbe zairensis De Vos, 1995
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- Schilbe mystus.jpg by Acarie Baron, Public domain
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