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Schilbe intermedius Rüppell, 1832

Silver catfish
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Namibia country information

Common names: Lubango, Silver butter catfish, Silver catfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Okeyo, D.O., 2000
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Okavango, Upper Zambezi, Kwando, Chobe, Kunene, and Cuvelai. Also Ref. 54974.
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: Hay, C.J., B.J. van Zyl, F.H. van der Bank, J.T. Ferreira and G.J. Steyn, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Silver butter catfish, Butterfish, Lubango, ... more

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

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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