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Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840

White barbel
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Namibia country information

Common names: Baber, Barbel, Barber
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges southward from Walvis Bay (Ref. 3976). Specimen(s) held at the MFMR (Ref. 27121). Caught incidentally in bottom trawls and on hook-and-line (Ref. 27121). Although not popular, it makes good eating (Ref. 12484). Also Ref. 3876, 6541.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Barbillon blanc, Bagre barba blanca, White baggar, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Galeichthyinae
Etymology: Galeichthys: Greek, galeos = a shark + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 120 m (Ref. 27121).   Subtropical; 23°S - 35°S, 14°E - 33°E

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