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Pungwe River, Gorongosa District Border

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Scientific Name	**Schilbe intermedius** Rüppell, 1832
Common Names	Silver Butter Catfish Afrikanischer Silberwels (Germany), Botterbaber (South Africa), Butter Catfish, Butterfish, Grasscutter, Silver Catfish, Silwerbaber (South Africa), Sølv-smørmalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Lower Nile River, Egypt.
Synonym(s)	Bagrus depressirostris, Eutropius lemairii, Schilbe steindachneri, Schilbe auratus, Schilbe bouvieri, Schilbe dispila, Schilbe emini, Schilbe palmeri, Schilbe palmeri, Schilbe senegalensis fasciata, Schilbe senegallus
Pronunciation	skill bee - in ter meed ee uss
Etymology	Referring to certain intermediate characters of this species between Schilbe uranoscopus and some specimens of the species itself.
Species Information
Size	605mm or 23.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	There are two populations of the species one with and one without an adipose fin.Roughly speaking the ones without an adipose fin are from the north and west of Africa. The populations with an adipose fin are from the central, east and south of Africa. It is a widespread species.Quite distinctive. Large shovel mouth surrounded by 4-6 nasal barbs. Eyes slightly protrude from head. Anal fin long, extending from vent almost to origin of caudal fin. Four pairs of short, circum-oral barbels. Silver-grey, somewhat darker above.
General Remarks	Largest specimen measured 60,5 cms (TL), but normally this species won't grow much larger than 30 cms (SL). Source: FishBase.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Senegal, Gambia, Casamance, Corubal, Geba, Sassandra, Boubo, Bandama, Agnébi, Comoé, Tano, Pra, Volta, Mono, Ouémé, Ogun, Niger, Chad and Cross River basins. Africa: Nile River in Sudan. Reported from the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa, African Waters, Sénégal (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Gambia (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Casamance (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Geba, Corubal (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Geba (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Sassandra (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Boubo (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Bandama (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Agnébi (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Comoé (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Pra (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Volta (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Tano (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Mono (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Ouémé (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Ogun (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Cross (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nile, Middle Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Not a fussy eater. Will eat most catfish pellets willingly. Bloodworm a favourite and will also take lancefish. User data.
Furniture	Prefers large open spaces.
Compatibility	Not aggressive. Better in groups of 3 or more as they like to stick together. Large specimens will eat small fish or fry.
Suggested Tankmates	Community fish of reasonable size (not under 5cm).
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung meherer neuer Fische, pp 6.
Registered Keepers	There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my fish" data.
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Last Update	2020 Oct 24 05:41 (species record created: 2001 Apr 21 00:00)