Chrysichthys

Chrysichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Claroteidae
Subfamily:	Claroteinae
Genus:	Chrysichthys Bleeker, 1858
Type species
Pimelodus auratus Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809
Species
See text.

Chrysichthys is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Claroteidae.^[1]

Though C. brachynema, C. grandis, C. graueri, C. platycephalus, C. sianenna, and C. stappersii have been classified in Bathybagrus, most recently they were maintained in Chrysichthys.^[2]

Species

• Chrysichthys acsiorum Hardman, 2008
• Chrysichthys aluuensis Risch, 1985
• Chrysichthys ansorgii Boulenger, 1910
• Chrysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
• Chrysichthys bocagii Boulenger, 1910
• Chrysichthys brachynema – Kibonde, "salmontail catfish"
• Chrysichthys brevibarbis (Boulenger, 1899)
• Chrysichthys cranchii (Leach, 1818)
• Chrysichthys dageti Risch, 1992
• Chrysichthys delhezi Boulenger, 1899
• Chrysichthys duttoni Boulenger, 1905
• Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864
• Chrysichthys grandis – Kukumai
• Chrysichthys graueri
• Chrysichthys habereri Steindachner, 1912
• Chrysichthys helicophagus Roberts & Stewart, 1976
• Chrysichthys johnelsi Daget, 1959
• Chrysichthys laticeps Pellegrin, 1932
• Chrysichthys levequei Risch, 1988
• Chrysichthys longibarbis (Boulenger, 1899)
• Chrysichthys longidorsalis Risch & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1981
• Chrysichthys longipinnis (Boulenger, 1899)
• Chrysichthys mabusi Boulenger, 1905
• Chrysichthys macropterus Boulenger, 1920
• Chrysichthys macrotis Van Neer, 1994 (extinct)
• Chrysichthys mahengeensis Murray & Budney, 2003 (extinct)
• Chrysichthys maurus (Valenciennes, 1840)
• Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (La Cepède, 1803)
• Chrysichthys nyongensis Risch & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985
• Chrysichthys ogooensis (Pellegrin, 1900)
• Chrysichthys okae Fowler, 1949
• Chrysichthys ornatus Boulenger, 1902
• Chrysichthys persimilis Günther, 1899
• Chrysichthys platycephalus
• Chrysichthys polli Risch, 1987
• Chrysichthys punctatus Boulenger, 1899
• Chrysichthys rueppelli Boulenger, 1907
• Chrysichthys sharpii Boulenger, 1901
• Chrysichthys sianenna
• Chrysichthys stappersii
• Chrysichthys teugelsi Risch, 1987
• Chrysichthys thonneri Steindachner, 1912
• Chrysichthys thysi Risch, 1985
• Chrysichthys turkana Hardman, 2008
• Chrysichthys uniformis Pellegrin, 1922
• Chrysichthys wagenaari Boulenger, 1899
• Chrysichthys walkeri Günther, 1899

References

1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
2. ^ Hardman, Michael (2008). "A New Species of Catfish Genus Chrysichthys from Lake Tanganyika (Siluriformes: Claroteidae)". Copeia 1: 43–56.