| Common Name | Used in | Language (Dialect) |
Type | Official Trade Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armoured catfish | Zambia | English | Vernacular | No |
| Augenfleckwels | Germany | German | Vernacular | No |
| Broto | Ivory coast | Baoulé | Vernacular | No |
| Bubu | USA | English | AFS | No |
| Bubu | Global | English | FAO | No |
| Bulubulich | Kenya | Not specified | Vernacular | No |
| Buro | Nigeria | Hausa | Vernacular | No |
| Catfish | Ghana | English | Vernacular | No |
| Dunkuruub | Nigeria | Hausa | Vernacular | No |
| Egu buru | Nigeria | Nupe | Vernacular | No |
| Foa | Congo Dem Rp | So (Eso) | Vernacular | No |
| Foka | Congo Dem Rp | Kele (Ya Okandja) | Vernacular | No |
| Foka | Congo Dem Rp | Lombo (Olombo) | Vernacular | No |
| Gbada | Sierra Leone | Krio | Vernacular | No |
| Gbada | Sierra Leone | Limba, west-central | Vernacular | No |
| Giraffe catfish | Kenya | English | Vernacular | No |
| Giraffe catfish | Tanzania | English | Vernacular | No |
| Giraffe catfish | USA | English | Vernacular | No |
| Giraffenwels | Germany | German | Vernacular | No |
| Girafmalle | Denmark | Danish | Vernacular | No |
| Homar el hut | Sudan | Arabic | Vernacular | No |
| Humar el hut | Sudan | Arabic | Vernacular | No |
| Ilolondi | Congo Dem Rp | Kele (Ya Okandja) | Vernacular | No |
| Kafieke | Tanzania | Swahili | Vernacular | No |
| Kali | Ivory coast | Guro | Vernacular | No |
| Kankan | Nigeria | Yoruba | Vernacular | No |
| Karungwe | Tanzania | Swahili | Vernacular | No |
| Kavungwa | Tanzania | Swahili | Vernacular | No |
| Kavungwe | Tanzania | Swahili | Vernacular | No |
| Kogodjué | Ivory coast | Baoulé | Vernacular | No |
| Koi | Nigeria | Kanuri | Vernacular | No |
| Konkoie | Sierra Leone | Krio | Vernacular | No |
| Konkoie | Sierra Leone | Mende | Vernacular | No |
| Korokoto | Ivory coast | Bambara | Vernacular | No |
| Korokoto | Burkina Faso | Jula | Vernacular | No |
| Kpo | Ghana | Adangme | Vernacular | No |
| Kpolo | Ghana | Adangme | Vernacular | No |
| Kpolo | Ghana | Ewe | Vernacular | No |
| Kpor | Ghana | Ga | Vernacular | No |
| Kuildeogo | Burkina Faso | Mòoré | Vernacular | No |
| Kunkuma | Nigeria | Hausa | Vernacular | No |
| Kuthunthun | Sierra Leone | Krio | Vernacular | No |
| Kuthunthun | Sierra Leone | Themne | Vernacular | No |
| Langstirnwels | Germany | German | Vernacular | No |
| Liloku | Congo Dem Rp | Kele (Ya Okandja) | Vernacular | No |
| Lilondi | Congo Dem Rp | Kele (Ya Okandja) | Vernacular | No |
| Lokorikibon | Kenya | Turkana | Vernacular | No |
| Mbowa | Zambia | Bemba | Vernacular | No |
| Ngogo | Tanzania | Swahili | Vernacular | No |
| Ngourlo | Senegal | Wolof | Vernacular | No |
| Ongo | Sudan | Zande | Vernacular | No |
| Opai | Nigeria | Ijo | Vernacular | No |
| Poloko | Tanzania | Swahili | Vernacular | No |
| Puasiya | Nigeria | Ijo | Vernacular | No |
| Täpläkissamonni | Finland | Finnish | Vernacular | No |
| Téaboué | Ivory coast | Baoulé | Vernacular | No |
| Tikir | Kenya | El Molo | Vernacular | No |
| Zammar | Sudan | Arabic | Vernacular | No |
| 西方項鱨 | China | Mandarin Chinese | Vernacular | No |
| 西方项鲿 | China | Mandarin Chinese | Vernacular | No |