Bagrus orientalis Boulenger, 1902

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Bagrus orientalis : Boulenger, 1902 g : 37Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Additions à la faune ichthyologique du bassin du Congo. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 48A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1911 a : 308, fig. 245Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Cunnington, 1920 : 526The fauna of the African lakes : a study in comparative limnology with special reference to Tanganyika. | Worthington, 1933 a : 312The fishes of lake Nyasa (other than Cichlidae). | Copley, 1952 a : 222The game fishes of Africa. | Copley, 1958 : 97Common freshwater fishes of East Africa. | Matthes, 1964 c : 27La zoogéographie des poissons dulcaquicoles africains. | Bailey, 1969 b : 187The non-cichlid fishes of the eastward flowing rivers of Tanzania, East Africa. | Bernacsek, 1980 : 34Introduction to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. | Tweddle, 1983 : 63The fish and fisheries of Lake Chiuta. | Risch, 1986 : 1331. Bagridae. | Burgess, 1989 : 69An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Mo, 1991 : 128Anatomy and systematics of Bagridae (Teleostei) and siluroid phylogeny. | Eccles, 1992 : 57, 123FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Ferraris, 2007 : 84Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 40-41, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance..
Bagrus occipitalis (lapsus calami for orientalis) : Steindachner, 1916 : 77 (misspelling)Bericht über die ichthyologischen Aufsammlungen der Brüder Adolf und Albin Horn während einer im Sommer 1913 ausgeführten Reise nach Deutsch-Ostafrika. | Bailey, 1969 b : 187 (synonymy with Bagrus orientalis) (misspelling)The non-cichlid fishes of the eastward flowing rivers of Tanzania, East Africa..
Porcus orientalis : Jayaram, 1966 : 1118 (senior synonym)Contributions to the study of the fishes of the family Bagridae. A systematic account of the African genera with a new classification of the family..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Aquariology : Seegers, 2008 .
Colour pattern : Seegers, 2008 .
Common names : Katoga / Kitoga (Swahili: Tanzania) .
Current distribution known : found in southeastern Africa .
Food habits : a predator, that feeds sometimes on shrimp .
Habitat / home range : present in the deeper waters of large rivers .
Reproduction_references : Seegers, 2008 .
Size : 447 mm TL .
Types :
- Bagrus orientalis Boulenger, 1902 g: 37. Type locality: "River Pangani". Syntypes (2) BMNH n° 1865.9.21: 17 and 1867.37.48: 8.
Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .