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| Scientific Name | Schilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Common Names | Butter Catfish African Glass Catfish, Afrikansk Smørmalle (Denmark) |
| Type Locality | Nile River. |
| Synonym(s) | Bagrus adansonii, Bagrus depressirostris, Bagrus schilbeides, Bagrus schilbeoides, Bagrus schilboides, Eutropius adansonii, Eutropius altipinnis, Eutropius depressirostris, Eutropius nilotica, Eutropius niloticus, Eutropius niloticus niloticus, Eutropius obtusirostris, Hypophthalmus niloticus, Scheilbe mystus, Schilbe auratus, Schilbe bipinnatus, Schilbe bouvieri, Schilbe emini, Schilbe hasselquistii, Schilbe mystus depressirostris, Schilbe mystus fasciata, Schilbe mystus fasciatus, Schilbe mystus mystus, Schilbe niloticus, Schilbe steindachneri, Silurus mystus |
| Pronunciation | skill bee - miss tuss |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 400mm or 15.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Africa: including the Nile and the Zambesi system. African Waters, Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Temperature | 23.0-27.0°C or 73.4-80.6°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds from mid-water and surface waters on a wide variety of foods including fish, insects, shrimps, snails, plant seeds, and fruit. User data. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 305. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 2 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
| Forum BBCode | |
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 | Look up S. mystus on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up S. mystus on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.3.33.1795 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 01:36 (species record created: 2005 Nov 20 00:00) |