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Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes) > Claroteinae
Etymology: Chrysichthys: Greek, chrysos = golden + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 0°S - 4°S
Africa: known only from the Ogowe and Nyanga Rivers, Gabon (Ref. 81642).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 81642)
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 13 - 15. Diagnosis: snout length larger than 75% of mouth width; dorsal spine long, 17.2-22.9% HL, less than 6 times in SL; dorsal fin base length 21.3-31.5% HL; 13-15 soft rays in anal fin (Ref. 81642).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Risch, L. and E.J. Vreven, 2007. Claroteinae. p. 607-629. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 74659)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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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=0.01047 (0.00471 - 0.02328), b=2.99 (2.81 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 163 [94, 343] mg/100g; Iron = 1.52 [0.92, 2.40] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [15.8, 17.7] %; Omega3 = 0.315 [0.136, 0.749] g/100g; Selenium = 65.1 [29.0, 174.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 38.2 [15.6, 86.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.62 [1.14, 2.28] mg/100g (wet weight);