Chrysichthys | |
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Chrysichthys auratus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Claroteidae |
Subfamily: | Claroteinae |
Genus: |
Chrysichthys Bleeker, 1858 |
Type species | |
Pimelodus auratus
É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809
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Species | |
See text |
Chrysichthys is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa. Two fossil species are known. Chrysichthys macrotis, Van Neer, 1994, is known from the Miocene- Pliocene of the Albertine Rift in Uganda and Chrysichthys mahengeensis, Murray & Budney, 2003, is known from the Eocene of Mahenge, Tanzania. [1]
There are currently 42 recognized species in this genus: [2]
Chrysichthys | |
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Chrysichthys auratus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Claroteidae |
Subfamily: | Claroteinae |
Genus: |
Chrysichthys Bleeker, 1858 |
Type species | |
Pimelodus auratus
É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809
| |
Species | |
See text |
Chrysichthys is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa. Two fossil species are known. Chrysichthys macrotis, Van Neer, 1994, is known from the Miocene- Pliocene of the Albertine Rift in Uganda and Chrysichthys mahengeensis, Murray & Budney, 2003, is known from the Eocene of Mahenge, Tanzania. [1]
There are currently 42 recognized species in this genus: [2]