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Chrysichthys

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Claroteidae

Taxonomy
Chrysichthys was named by Bleeker (1858). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bagridae by White (1926); and to Claroteidae by Otero et al. (2015).

Species
C. eaglesomei
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. macrotis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Chrysichthys Bleeker
1926Chrysichthys White p. 59
2015Chrysichthys Otero et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysi
—Siluriphysi
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyClaroteidae
genusChrysichthysBleeker 1858

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Chrysichthys Bleeker 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Pliocene or 48.07000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Tanzania C. mahengeensis (31499)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria C. eaglesomei (60711)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Nigeria C. eaglesomei (32905)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda C. macrotis (22217 22218 22246 22343 22344 22392 22396 22398 22405 22408 22409 22411 22419 22422 22428 22430 22431 22433 22437 22440 22441)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Uganda C. macrotis (22345 22424)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda C. macrotis (22250 22257 22258 22260 22261 22262 22263 22265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Congo-Kinshasa C. macrotis (22198)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda C. macrotis (22178)