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Chrysichthys auratus in Mauritania

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Chrysichthys auratus   (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
Family:	Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes) , subfamily: Claroteinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	35 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 900.0 g
Environment:	demersal; potamodromous
Climate:	tropical; 26 - 31°C; 36°N - 2°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.16)
Distribution:	West Africa: From Mauritania (Ref. 55783) to Ghana (Ref. 272), except in coastal basins from Gambia to Liberia where it is replaced by C. maurus (Ref. 7324). Also reported from Nigeria (Ref. 3799) and Cameroon (Ref. 271). Questionably reported from Nile River and Lake Turkana (?).
Biology:	Found in lakes and coastal rivers (Ref. 3236). Occurs usually over soft, slightly muddy substrates or substrates with heavy layers of leafy detritus in deep, relatively quiet waters (Ref. 6868). Feeds on mollusks and small crustaceans (Branchiopods, Copepods, Ostracoda) which it digs from the substrate (Ref. 27935). It also feeds on fish and insects (Ref. 28714)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Risch, L.M.. 1992. (Ref. 7324)
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Mauritania country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Importance:	commercial		Ref:  Mohamed Fall, K.O., 2005
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mr.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Mohamed Fall, K.O., 2005
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	Checked:  Mohamed Fall, K.O.	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07