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Schilbe intermedius Rüppell, 1832

Silver catfish
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Angola country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Present in the Cunene basin (Ref. 11970, 43912, 120641), the Cubango (Ref. 11970, 43912, 120641), the Cuando, Lake Calundo (upper Zambezi basin) (Ref. 11970, 43912) and the (upper) Zambezi (Ref. 11970, 120641). Also reported from the southern Congo River basin (Ref. 120641) but without further details. Type locality of the holotype of Schilbe steindachneri: "Cunene, Angola"; type destroyed in March 1978 in a fire (Ref. 43912).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De Vos, L., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Schilbeidae (Schilbid catfishes)
Etymology: intermedius: From the Latin «rostrum» (snout) and «depressus» (flattened), referring to the dorsolateral flattened snout of this species (Ref. 43912).
  More on author: Rüppell.

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

Freshwater; pelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 34291), usually 0 - 30 m (Ref. 34291).   Tropical

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