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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes) > Claroteinae
Etymology: Chrysichthys: Greek, chrysos = golden + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 20°C - 25°C (Ref. 2059); 5°N - 3°N

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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).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57126)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal spines: 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).

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 14 January 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: ; aquarium: commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00579 - 0.01726), b=3.02 (2.87 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.72).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Chrysichthys walkeri Günther, 1899