Silver catfish

Schilbe intermedius

Fifty Centimeters Catfish of the Congo Basin

Silver catfish is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Schilbeidae
Genus: Schilbe
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: Senegal, Gambia, Casamance, Corubal, Geba, Little Scarcies, Sassandra, Boubo, Bandama, Agnébi, Mé, Comoé, Tano, Pra, Volta basin, Mono, Sio, Ouémé, Ogun, entire Niger and Chad basins, Cross, Wouri and Sanaga; absent between Little Scarcies and Sassandra; further in the entire Congo River basin, Malagarasi, Luiche, Cunene, Okavango, entire Zambezi including the Kafue system, Lake Kariba, Nile, Lake Victoria basin, Webi Shebeli, Wando, Tana, Galana, Athi, Wami, Rufiji-Ruaha, Lake Rukwa, lower Sabi-Lundi, Shire below Murchison Falls, Lake Chilwa, Ruvu, Pungwe, Limpopo, Incomati and Pongola (Ref. 43912 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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