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Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède, 1803)

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Common names: Blolo, Catfish, Deblolo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: likely future use | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Pra, Tano (Ref. 272), Bia (Ref. 30488) and Volta (Ref. 30488, 57126). Importance to aquaculture provided by H. Dankwa, pers. Comm. 06/05. Also Ref. 3236, 11235, 13331.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Teugels, G.G., C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and K. Traoré, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bagrid catfish, Catfish, Mâchoiron, ... more

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes) > Claroteinae
Etymology: Chrysichthys: Greek, chrysos = golden + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lacepède.

Issue
The species Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864 is considered valid in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Mar. 2012: Ref. 89686). It is treated here a synonym of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède, 1803) following Risch (1992: Ref. 7324), Risch (2003: Ref. 57126) and Geerinckx et al. (2007: Ref. 81642).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

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