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Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes)
Etymology: Chrysichthys: Greek, chrysos = golden + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Robert Bruce Napoleon ‘Brucie’ Walker FRGS, FAS, FGS, CMZS (1832–1901) was a West African trader, explorer, anthropologist and natural history and ethnography collector. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Tropical; 20°C - 25°C (Ref. 2059); 5°N - 3°N
Africa: endemic to the Pra basin in Ghana; other reports from West Africa unconfirmed (Ref. 7324, 57126). Identifications of C. walkeri in Lower Guinea appear to be misidentifications of mature male of C. auratus, or of C. aluuensis or
C. thysi (Ref. 81642).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 57126)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 2; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 6; Espinhos anais: 0. Diagnosis: nasal barbell long, reaching to anterior margin of orbit; first branched dorsal-fin ray longest, but never filamentous; adipose fin long, its base longer than that of dorsal fin; 9 branched rays in pectoral fin; 12-13(15) gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (Ref. 57126).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Risch, L.M., 2003. Claroteidae. p. 60-96 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57126)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00531 - 0.01797), b=3.01 (2.86 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=0.72).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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