WoRMS taxon details
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède, 1803)
581699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581699)
accepted
Species
Arius acutivelis Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chrysichthys acutirostris Günther, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chrysichthys buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chrysichthys büttikoferi Steindachner, 1894 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Chrysichthys camaronensis Günther, 1899 · unaccepted
Chrysichthys cameronensis Günther, 1899 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Chrysichthys coriscanus Günther, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chrysichthys lagoensis Günther, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chrysichthys ogowensis Günther, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Melanodactylus nigrodigitatus (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Pimelodus nigrodigitatus Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
(of Pimelodus nigrodigitatus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 95, 103 [details]
page(s): 95, 103 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacepède, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581699 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chrysichthys buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894) Steindachner, F. (1894). Die Fische Liberia's. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> v. 16 (nos 1-2, art. 1): 1-96, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
original description (of Arius acutivelis Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Pimelodus nigrodigitatus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 95, 103 [details]
original description (of Chrysichthys acutirostris Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [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]
original description (of Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
original description (of Arius acutivelis Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Pimelodus nigrodigitatus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 95, 103 [details]
original description (of Chrysichthys acutirostris Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [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 (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys coriscanus Günther, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys lagoensis Günther, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys acutirostris Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys ogowensis Günther, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius acutivelis Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pimelodus nigrodigitatus Lacepède, 1803)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chrysichthys camaronensis Günther, 1899)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus nigrodigitatus Lacepède, 1803)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Melanodactylus nigrodigitatus (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys acutirostris Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2597145) (from synonym Chrysichthys acutirostris Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys camaronensis Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3103651) (from synonym Chrysichthys camaronensis Günther, 1899)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys coriscanus Günther, 1899; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3120417) (from synonym Chrysichthys coriscanus Günther, 1899)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2597189) (from synonym Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys lagoensis Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2598799) (from synonym Chrysichthys lagoensis Günther, 1899)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys ogowensis Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3120418) (from synonym Chrysichthys ogowensis Günther, 1899)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys coriscanus Günther, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys lagoensis Günther, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys acutirostris Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys ogowensis Günther, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius acutivelis Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pimelodus nigrodigitatus Lacepède, 1803)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chrysichthys camaronensis Günther, 1899)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus nigrodigitatus Lacepède, 1803)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Melanodactylus nigrodigitatus (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys acutirostris Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2597145) (from synonym Chrysichthys acutirostris Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys camaronensis Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3103651) (from synonym Chrysichthys camaronensis Günther, 1899)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys coriscanus Günther, 1899; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3120417) (from synonym Chrysichthys coriscanus Günther, 1899)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2597189) (from synonym Chrysichthys furcatus Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys lagoensis Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2598799) (from synonym Chrysichthys lagoensis Günther, 1899)
To NHMUK collection (Chrysichthys ogowensis Günther, 1899; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3120418) (from synonym Chrysichthys ogowensis Günther, 1899)
To ITIS
