Bagrid Catfish

Chrysichthys maurus

Catfish Reaching Fifty One Centimeters

Bagrid Catfish is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 51 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Chrysichthys
Maximum length: 51 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Africa: in most coastal rivers from the Senegal to the Pra in Ghana (Ref. 7324 , 57126 ), including rivers of Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 272 ), Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Liberia (Ref. 13331 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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