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Chrysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Claroteidae
genus
Chrysichthys
species
Chrysichthys auratus

Name

Synonyms
Amarginops persimilis (Günther, 1899)
Bagrus auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
Bagrus capito Valenciennes, 1840
Chrysichthys auratus auratus
Chrysichthys auratus longifilis Pfaff, 1933
Chrysichthys auratus tilhoi (Pellegrin, 1909)
Chrysichthys filamentosus Boulenger, 1912
Chrysichthys kingsleyae Günther, 1899
Chrysichthys longifelis Pfaff, 1933
Chrysichthys longifilis Pfaff, 1933
Chrysichthys macrops Günther, 1864
Chrysichthys persimilis Günther, 1899
Chysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
Gephyroglanis tilhoi Pellegrin, 1909
Pimelodus auratus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
Porcus auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
Homonyms
Chrysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
Common names
Abu Rial in Arabic
Abu Riala Feddy in Arabic
Agok in language.
Dim in language.
Dip in language.
Durukulli in Hausa
Ezwagi in language.
Gening-mat in language.
Golden Nile Catfish in English
Igangan in Yoruba
Kor in language.
Kultakissamonni in Finnish
Lochakolong in language.
Long Fin Catfish in English
Lër in language.
Marushe in Hausa
Okpo Isiukwu in language.
Tandu in Hausa
Warushe in Hausa
Zakumbo in language.
sumíček zlatový in Czech
Abu Rial in Arabic
Abu Riala Feddy in Arabic
Agok in language.
Dim in language.
Dip in language.
Durukulli in Hausa
Ezwagi in language.
Gening-mat in language.
Golden Nile Catfish in English
Igangan in Yoruba
Kor in language.
Kultakissamonni in Finnish
Lochakolong in language.
Long Fin Catfish in English
Lër in language.
Marushe in Hausa
Okpo Isiukwu in language.
Tandu in Hausa
Unguli in language.
Warushe in Hausa
Zakumbo in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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