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Chrysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)

To FishBase images (<i>Chrysichthys auratus</i>, Kenya, by KMFRI)
To FishBase images (Chrysichthys auratus, Kenya, by KMFRI)

1015658  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1015658)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Siluriformes (Order)
  11. Bagridae (Family)
  12. Claroteinae (Subfamily)
  13. Chrysichthys (Genus)
  14. Chrysichthys auratus (Species)
accepted
Species
Amarginops persimilis (Günther, 1899) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Bagrus auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Bagrus capito Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chrysichthys auratus longifilis Pfaff, 1933 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chrysichthys auratus tilhoi (Pellegrin, 1909) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chrysichthys longifelis Pfaff, 1933 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Chrysichthys longifilis Pfaff, 1933 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chrysichthys macrops Günther, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Gephyroglanis tilhoi Pellegrin, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Porcus auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) · unaccepted (senior synonym)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pimelodus auratus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1809). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1): 1-52 [141-338], Poissons Pls. 1-17.
page(s): [322], Pl. 14 (figs. 3-4) [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chrysichthys auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1015658 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature

original description (of Chrysichthys macrops Günther, 1864) 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. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details] 

original description (of Bagrus capito Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details] 

original description (of Pimelodus auratus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1809). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1): 1-52 [141-338], Poissons Pls. 1-17.
page(s): [322], Pl. 14 (figs. 3-4) [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysichthys auratus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys filamentosus Boulenger, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Gephyroglanis tilhoi Pellegrin, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys persimilis Günther, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys kingsleyae Günther, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys macrops Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus capito Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelodus auratus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
To FishBase 
To FishBase images (Chrysichthys auratus, Kenya, by KMFRI) 
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 86 proteins) 
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 86 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus auratus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 86 proteins) (from synonym Bagrus auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809))
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 86 proteins) (from synonym Porcus auratus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys filamentosus Boulenger, 1912; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2500531) (from synonym Chrysichthys filamentosus Boulenger, 1912)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys kingsleyae Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3122372) (from synonym Chrysichthys kingsleyae Günther, 1899)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys macrops Günther, 1864; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2590464) (from synonym Chrysichthys macrops Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys persimilis Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3101159) (from synonym Chrysichthys persimilis Günther, 1899)
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Chrysichthys auratus</i>, Kenya, by KMFRI)
To FishBase images (Chrysichthys auratus, Kenya, by KMFRI)
Hosted externally
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys filamentosus Boulenger, 1912; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2500531)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys filamentosus Boulenger, 1912; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2500531)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys kingsleyae Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3122372)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys kingsleyae Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3122372)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys macrops Günther, 1864; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2590464)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys macrops Günther, 1864; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2590464)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys persimilis Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3101159)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys persimilis Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3101159)
Hosted externally, from synonym

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