Chrysichthys depressus explained

Chrysichthys depressus is a species of catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it is only found near Boma. It was formerly known as Gnathobagrus depressus.^[1]

Distribution

The fish is found in Africa and is only known from the type locality at Boma (lower Congo River basin), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo^{[2] [3]}

Size

This species reaches a length of 19.5cm (07.7inches).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chrysichthys depressus . Sa-a . Pascualita . fishbase.org .
2. Nichols, J.T. and L. Griscom, 1917. Fresh-water fishes of the Congo basin obtained by the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 37(25):653-756.
3. Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
4. Risch, L.M., 1986. Bagridae. p. 2-35. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2.