Bathybagrus graueri (Steindachner, 1911)

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Chrysichthys brachynema (part.) : Boulenger, 1900 b : 480 (junior synonym)Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by J. E. S. Moore in lake Tanganyika. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 48 (junior synonym)A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1906 k : 540 (junior synonym)Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of lake Tanganika. Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the third Tanganika expedition 1904-1905. | Boulenger, 1911 a : 340 (junior synonym)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b : 1090 (junior synonym)The fish of Lake Tanganyika (other than Cichlidae)..
Chrysichthys cranchii (non Leach, 1818) : Boulenger, 1901 p : 139 (junior synonym)Third contribution to the ichthyology of lake Tanganika. Report on the collection of fishes made by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lakes Tanganika and Kivu during his second expedition, 1899-1900. | Boulenger, 1906 k : 540 (junior synonym)Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of lake Tanganika. Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the third Tanganika expedition 1904-1905. | Boulenger, 1920 b : 40 (junior synonym)Poissons de la mission Stappers 1911-1913 pour l'exploration hydrographique et biologique des lacs Tanganika et Moéro..
Chrysichthys cranchii (non Leach, 1818) (part.) : Boulenger, 1905 c : 48 (junior synonym)A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1911 a : 332 (junior synonym)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History)..
Chrysichthys graueri : Steindachner, 1911 a : 1178, pl. 3 (senior synonym)Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fischfauna des Tanganyikasees und des Kongogebietes. | Steindachner, 1911 b : 529 (senior synonym)Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fischfauna des Tanganyikasees und des Kongogebietes. | Boulenger, 1916 a : 298 (senior synonym)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Cunnington, 1920 : 526 (senior synonym)The fauna of the African lakes : a study in comparative limnology with special reference to Tanganyika. | Pellegrin, 1927 l : 427 (senior synonym)Les silurides du bassin du Congo. | Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b : 1090 (senior synonym)The fish of Lake Tanganyika (other than Cichlidae). | David & Poll, 1937 : 264 (senior synonym)Contribution à la faune ichthyologique du Congo belge : collections du Dr. H. Schouteden (1924-1926) et d'autres récolteurs. | Poll, 1946 : 212 (senior synonym)Révision de la faune ichthyologique du lac Tanganika. | Hulot, 1950 b : 151 (senior synonym)Le régime alimentaire des poissons du Centre africain. Intérêt éventuel de ces poissons en vue d'une zootechnie économique au Congo belge. | Poll, 1952 g : 105 (senior synonym)Résultats scientifiques de l'Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-47). Introduction : les vertébrés. | Poll, 1953 a : 127 (senior synonym)Poissons non Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947). | Badenhuizen, 1965 : 33 (senior synonym)Lufuby River. Research Notes. | Breder & Rosen, 1966 : 640-641 (senior synonym)Modes of reproduction in fishes. | Coulter, 1966 b : 34 (senior synonym)The deep benthic fishes at the South of Lake Tanganyika with special reference to distribution and feeding in Bathybates species, Hemibates stenosoma and Chrysichthys species. | Jayaram, 1966 : 1084 (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. | Bell-Cross & Kaoma, 1971 : 240 (senior synonym)Additions and amendments to the checklist of the fishes of Zambia. 3. | Lowe-Mcconnell, 1975 : 157 (senior synonym)Fish communities in tropical freshwaters. Their distribution, ecology and evolution. | Bailey & Stewart, 1984 : 6, 8 (senior synonym)Bagrid catfishes from Lake Tanganyika with a key and descriptions of new taxa. | Risch, 1986 : 18-19 (senior synonym)31. Bagridae. | Burgess, 1989 : 64 (senior synonym)An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Eccles, 1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | De Vos et al., 1996 : 15 (senior synonym)Trematocara zebra (Perciformes; Cichlidae), nouvelle espèce du nord-ouest du lac Tanganyika (Zaïre). | Ochi et al., 2002 : 272 (senior synonym)Paternal mouthbrooding bagrid catfishes in Lake Tanganyika. | Ferraris, 2007 : 156 (senior synonym)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Hardman, 2008 a : 45 (senior synonym)A new species of catfish genus Chrysichthys from Lake Tanganyika (Siluriformes: Claroteidae)..
Bathybagrus graueri : Mo, 1991 : 151Anatomy and systematics of Bagridae (Teleostei) and siluroid phylogeny. | Seegers, 2008 a : 60, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance..
Chrysichthys sianenna (non Boulenger, 1906) (part.) : Poll, 1953 a : 127 (junior synonym)Poissons non Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947)..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Seegers, 2008 .
Common names : Kibonde / Kokuni (English) .
Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is more abundant in the northern than the southern end of the Lake .
Food habits / trophic level : feeds mainly on cichilds. A voracious scale-eater that feeds also on shrimps .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Eccles, 1992 | Hulot, 1950 b | Seegers, 2008 .
Habitat / home range : most common in sub-littoral area but extend to 150 m, with larger individuals at greater depths. Inhabits muddy bottoms .
Morphology / anatomy : Seegers, 2008 .
Reproduction_references : Breder & Rosen, 1966 | male parent guards the eggs | Ochi et al., 2002 .
Size : 360 mm TL, weight 0.515 kg .
Types :
- Chrysichthys graueri Steindachner, 1911 b: 529. Type locality: "Tanganyika, am Ende des nordwestlichen Ufers". Syntypes (2) NMW n° 47.106 and 47.107.
Use and trade : valuable food fish but uncommon .