WoRMS taxon details
Schilbe intermedius Rüppell, 1832
581713 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581713)
accepted
Species
Eutropius lemairii Boulenger, 1900 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Schilbe auratus Joannis, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Schilbe bouvieri Rochebrune, 1885 · unaccepted
Schilbe dispela Günther, 1864 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Schilbe dispila Günther, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Schilbe emini Pfeffer, 1896 · unaccepted
Schilbe intermedium Rüppell, 1832 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Schilbe mystus fasciata Steindachner, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Schilbe mystus fasciatus Steindachner, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Schilbe palmeri Svensson, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Schilbe senegalensis Günther, 1864 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Schilbe senegalensis fasciata Steindachner, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Schilbe senegallus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Schilbe steindachneri Guimarães, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1832). Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt. <em>Brönner, Frankfurt am Main.</em> 1-14, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14871 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Schilbe intermedius Rüppell, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581713 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1832). Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt. <em>Brönner, Frankfurt am Main.</em> 1-14, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14871 [details]
original description (of Schilbe palmeri Svensson, 1933) Svensson, G. S. O. (1933). Fresh water fishes from the Gambia River (British West Africa). Results of the Swedish Expedition 1931. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm.</em> v. 12 (no. 3): 1-102, Pls. 1-8. [details]
original description (of Schilbe dispila 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 Schilbe senegalensis 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 Schilbe senegallus 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 Schilbe auratus Joannis, 1835) De Joannis, L. (1835). Observations sur les poissons du Nil, et description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles. [Also includes: Tableau des poissons du Nil.]. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 1835 (5 anneé): 53 pp. numbered as Classe IV, Pls. 1-15. ["Classe IV" misprinted Classe III or Cl. III on some page headings. Author also seen as De Joannis.]. [details]
original description (of Schilbe senegalensis fasciata Steindachner, 1870) Steindachner, F. (1870). Zur Fischfauna des Senegal. Zweite Abtheilung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 60 (1. Abth.): 945-995, Pls. 1-8. [ Also as a separate pp. 1-51, Pls. 1-8.]. [details]
original description (of Eutropius lemairii Boulenger, 1900) Boulenger, G. A. (1900). Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Sixième Partie. Mormyres, Characins, Cyprins, Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Dipneustes. <em>Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology).</em> v. 1 (fasc. 6): 129-164, Pls. 48-56. [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 Schilbe palmeri Svensson, 1933) Svensson, G. S. O. (1933). Fresh water fishes from the Gambia River (British West Africa). Results of the Swedish Expedition 1931. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm.</em> v. 12 (no. 3): 1-102, Pls. 1-8. [details]
original description (of Schilbe dispila 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 Schilbe senegalensis 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 Schilbe senegallus 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 Schilbe auratus Joannis, 1835) De Joannis, L. (1835). Observations sur les poissons du Nil, et description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles. [Also includes: Tableau des poissons du Nil.]. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 1835 (5 anneé): 53 pp. numbered as Classe IV, Pls. 1-15. ["Classe IV" misprinted Classe III or Cl. III on some page headings. Author also seen as De Joannis.]. [details]
original description (of Schilbe senegalensis fasciata Steindachner, 1870) Steindachner, F. (1870). Zur Fischfauna des Senegal. Zweite Abtheilung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 60 (1. Abth.): 945-995, Pls. 1-8. [ Also as a separate pp. 1-51, Pls. 1-8.]. [details]
original description (of Eutropius lemairii Boulenger, 1900) Boulenger, G. A. (1900). Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Sixième Partie. Mormyres, Characins, Cyprins, Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Dipneustes. <em>Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology).</em> v. 1 (fasc. 6): 129-164, Pls. 48-56. [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] 
To Barcode of Life (235 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schilbe intermedius)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe palmeri Svensson, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe steindachneri Guimarães, 1884)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe steindachneri Guimarães, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe dispila Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe dispila Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe senegalensis Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe senegallus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe auratus Joannis, 1835)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe senegalensis fasciata Steindachner, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe bouvieri Rochebrune, 1885)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe emini Pfeffer, 1896)
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 181 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Eutropius lemairii Boulenger, 1900; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3122951) (from synonym Eutropius lemairii Boulenger, 1900)
To NHMUK collection (Schilbe intermedius Rüppell, 1832; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2583109)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schilbe intermedius)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe palmeri Svensson, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe steindachneri Guimarães, 1884)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe steindachneri Guimarães, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe dispila Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe dispila Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe senegalensis Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe senegallus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Schilbe auratus Joannis, 1835)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe senegalensis fasciata Steindachner, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe bouvieri Rochebrune, 1885)
To Fishbase (from synonym Schilbe emini Pfeffer, 1896)
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 181 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Eutropius lemairii Boulenger, 1900; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3122951) (from synonym Eutropius lemairii Boulenger, 1900)
To NHMUK collection (Schilbe intermedius Rüppell, 1832; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2583109)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym