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Schilbe brevianalis (Pellegrin, 1929)

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Cameroon country information

Common names: Butterfish, Female belly up
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Present in the rivers Sanaga, Nyong (Ref. 43912, 51193, 81643), Cross (Ref. 81643) and Wouri (Ref. 43912, 81643). Also reported from the Boumba (Dja drainage, middle Congo River basin) (Ref. 51193) but this is unconfirmed in other sources (Ref. 43912, 78218). Report from Messok Messok River (upper Ogooué basin)(Ref. 43912) refers to S. laticeps (Ref. 81643). Also Ref. 3570. Type locality of the syntypes of Eutropius brevianalis: "Dehane, Nyong River" (Ref. 43912).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De Vos, L., 2007
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Butterfish, Female belly up, Gewölkter Glaswels, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Schilbeidae (Schilbid catfishes)
Etymology: brevianalis: From the Latin "brevis" (short) and "anus" (here referring to the anal fin) because of the short anal fin and the low number of anal fin rays in the types of this species (Ref. 43912).
  More on author: Pellegrin.

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical; 24°C - 27°C (Ref. 12468)

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