WoRMS taxon details
Chrysichthys maurus (Valenciennes, 1840)
581698 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581698)
accepted
Species
Bagrus maurus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chrysichthys velifer Norman, 1923 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Gephyroglanis lowei Norman, 1923 · unaccepted
Ng, H. H.; Tan, H. H. (2007). Pseudecheneis maurus, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Central Vietnam. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1406: 25-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.175511 [details] Available for editors 
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(of Bagrus maurus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
[request](of Bagrus maurus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chrysichthys maurus (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581698 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Ng, H. H.; Tan, H. H. (2007). Pseudecheneis maurus, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Central Vietnam. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1406: 25-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.175511 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Bagrus maurus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Gephyroglanis lowei Norman, 1923) Norman, J. R. (1923). Two new siluroid fishes from the Ivory Coast, collected by Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 11 (no. 65) (art. 61): 582-583., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932308632891 [details]
original description (of Chrysichthys velifer Norman, 1923) Norman, J. R. (1923). Two new siluroid fishes from the Ivory Coast, collected by Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 11 (no. 65) (art. 61): 582-583., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932308632891 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]original description (of Bagrus maurus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Gephyroglanis lowei Norman, 1923) Norman, J. R. (1923). Two new siluroid fishes from the Ivory Coast, collected by Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 11 (no. 65) (art. 61): 582-583., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932308632891 [details]
original description (of Chrysichthys velifer Norman, 1923) Norman, J. R. (1923). Two new siluroid fishes from the Ivory Coast, collected by Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 11 (no. 65) (art. 61): 582-583., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932308632891 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus maurus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gephyroglanis lowei Norman, 1923)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys velifer Norman, 1923; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2504804) (from synonym Chrysichthys velifer Norman, 1923)
To NHMUK collection (Gephyroglanis lowei Norman, 1923; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2504803) (from synonym Gephyroglanis lowei Norman, 1923)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus maurus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gephyroglanis lowei Norman, 1923)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys velifer Norman, 1923; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2504804) (from synonym Chrysichthys velifer Norman, 1923)
To NHMUK collection (Gephyroglanis lowei Norman, 1923; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2504803) (from synonym Gephyroglanis lowei Norman, 1923)
To ITIS
