Common names:
Butter catfish, Impiryi, Imputa
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Known from the upper and middle Akagera (Ref. 43912, 46152), including lakes Ihema, Kisanju, Mpanga, Hago and Rwanyakizinga (Ref. 43912). Also in lakes Rweru, Kilimbi, Gashanga, Sake and Mugusera and in the rivers Nyabarongo and Akanyaru (Ref. 43912). Naturally distributed in Middle Akagera; introduced in the upper Akagera system in 1962 from Jinja (Lake Victoria); also reported from Rwandese waters under the erroneous name Schilbe mystus which is in fact a Nilo-Sudanic species (Ref. 46152).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
De Vos, L., J. Snoeks and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 2001
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Schilbeidae (Schilbid catfishes)
Etymology: intermedius:From the Latin «rostrum» (snout) and «depressus»
(flattened), referring to the dorsolateral flattened snout
of this species (Ref. 43912). More on author: Rüppell.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 34291), usually 0 - 30 m (Ref. 34291). Tropical
Distribution
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