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Common member of the family Schilbeidae
 
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Pronounced Skill BE Day
Family Common Name Schilbe Catfishes
Features Long anal fin, nasal barbels and a prominent dorsal fin.
Common Names Butter Catfish
Size Smallest 54mm, largest 605mm, average 231mm, most commonly 500mm. All SL.
Species There are 33 "species" in 17 genera in the database
Keepers 3 species ( 9%) are being kept by registered keepers
Distribution Africa

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Hop to next section Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Pareutropius4 species(2 keepers)
2.Schilbe21 species(0 keepers)
3.Siluranodon1 species(0 keepers)
4.Parailia5 species(0 keepers)
5.Irvineia2 species(0 keepers)
Hop to next section Most Kept Species
1.
Pareutropius buffeiPareutropius buffei
(50%)
2.
Parailia pellucidaParailia pellucida
(25%)
3.
Schilbe intermediusSchilbe intermedius
(25%)
Hop to next section Chronological Species List
(Alphabetic | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.
Schilbe mystusSchilbe mystus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
2.Siluranodon auritus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
3.
Schilbe congensisSchilbe congensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
4.
Schilbe intermediusSchilbe intermedius
(i:13, k:1, b:0)
5.
Schilbe uranoscopusSchilbe uranoscopus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
6.
Schilbe mandibularisSchilbe mandibularis
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
7.
Schilbe bocagiiSchilbe bocagii
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
8.Schilbe moebiusii(i:0, k:0, b:0)
9.
Parailia somalensisParailia somalensis
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
10.
Parailia congicaParailia congica
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
11.Schilbe laticeps(i:0, k:0, b:0)
12.
Pareutropius debauwiPareutropius debauwi
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
13.
Schilbe grenfelliSchilbe grenfelli
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
14.
Parailia occidentalisParailia occidentalis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
15.
Parailia pellucidaParailia pellucida
(i:9, k:1, b:0)
16.Schilbe banguelensis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
17.
Schilbe marmoratusSchilbe marmoratus
(i:5, k:0, b:0)
18.
Schilbe multitaeniatusSchilbe multitaeniatus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
19.
Pareutropius longifilisPareutropius longifilis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
20.Schilbe tumbanus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
21.
Schilbe brevianalisSchilbe brevianalis
(i:7, k:0, b:0)
22.Schilbe durinii(i:0, k:0, b:0)
23.Parailia spiniserrata(i:0, k:0, b:0)
24.Irvineia voltae(i:0, k:0, b:0)
25.Schilbe micropogon(i:0, k:0, b:0)
26.
Schilbe yangambianusSchilbe yangambianus
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
27.
Pareutropius mandevilleiPareutropius mandevillei
(i:6, k:0, b:0)
28.
Pareutropius buffeiPareutropius buffei
(i:14, k:2, b:0)
29.Irvineia orientalis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
30.Schilbe nyongensis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
31.Schilbe djeremi(i:0, k:0, b:0)
32.Schilbe angolensis(i:0, k:0, b:0)
33.Schilbe zairensis(i:0, k:0, b:0)