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    Species Accepted

    Schilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    African Butter Catfish
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Schilbe
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      ChinaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      42 results
      African Butter Catfish English
      African glass catfish English
      Afrikansk smørmalle dnj
      Asan Not specified
      Balo Not specified
      Bambui Not specified
      Botterbaber Not specified
      Bou- anyi Not specified
      Butter barbel English
      Butter catfish English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Quatorzième. Suite Du Livre Seizième. Labroïdes. Livre Dix-Septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris., v. 14: i–xxii + 2 pp. + 1–464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389–420. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=436184
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 10.5962/bhl.title.542
      Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, v. 5: i–xxii + 1–455. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=347289
      Steindachner, F. (1894). Die Fische Liberia’s. Notes from the Leyden Museum, v. 16 (nos 1–2, art. 1): 1–96, Pls. 1–4. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=434252
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1829). Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt. Brönner, Frankfurt Am Main., 1829: 1–12, Pls. 1–3. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=434842

      Citation

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