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(Ref. 95632) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, [accessed 13/04/2015]. (Ref. 101110) FB-pic-9322-13709 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1997-03-05 1997-03-06 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9322 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chsia_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Chsia_u0.gif FB-pic-9322-13710 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1997-03-05 1997-03-06 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9322 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chsia_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Chsia_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-9322 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2025-03-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9322 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Present on the bottom of deep water to 150 m but most common in sub-littoral areas; very common in deep water (Ref. 4967). Specialized toward a life on the sandy bottoms (Ref. 6770). Upstream spawning migrations have been reported (Ref. 78218, 93972). Omnivore (Ref. 78218). Feeds on small fishes (usually Lamprologus spp.), ostracods, and larvae of dragonflies (Ref. 6868, 36901). Mo, T. 1991 Anatomy, relationships and systematics of the Bagridae (Teleostei: Siluroidei) with a hypothesis of siluroid phylogeny. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae 17. 216 p. (Ref. 55984) FB-DiagnosticDescr-9322 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2008-08-12 17:38:43 2008-08-12 18:01:23 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9322 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Description: toothplates on vomer and pterygoids of equal width; body width at pectoral-fin insertions 6.8-6.9 times in standard length; maxillary barbel 3.2-4.0 times in standard length (Ref. 75075). Hardman, M. 2008 A new species of catfish genus <i>Chrysichthys</i> from Lake Tanganyika (Siluriformes: Claroteidae). Copeia 2008(1):43-56. (Ref. 75075) FB-Distribution-9322 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2014-12-19 22:20:44 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9322 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Africa: known from Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 36901, 75075, 78218), affluent rivers (Ref. 93972) and the Lower Malagarasi River (Ref. 54847). Mo, T. 1991 Anatomy, relationships and systematics of the Bagridae (Teleostei: Siluroidei) with a hypothesis of siluroid phylogeny. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae 17. 216 p. (Ref. 55984) FB-Uses-9322 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2025-03-18 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9322 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: subsistence fisheries Eccles, D.H. 1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. Prepared and published with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (project URT/87/016). FAO, Rome. 145 p. (Ref. 4967) FB-Size-9322 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2025-03-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9322 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 23.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3236)) Risch, L.M. 1986 Bagridae. p. 2-35. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3236) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-9322 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-14 00:00:00 2025-03-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9322 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription demersal; freshwater, usually 25 - 75 m (Ref. 36901) Poll, M. 1953 Exploration hydrobiologique du lac Tanganika (1946-1947). Résultats scientifiques. Volume III, fascicule 5A. Poissons non Cichlidae. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles. 251 pp. (Ref. 36901)