African butter catfish

African butter catfish
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Schilbeidae
Genus:	Schilbe
Species:	S. mystus
Binomial name
	Schilbe mystus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Schilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) Preferred; Bagrus adansonii Valenciennes, 1840 Synonym; Bagrus depressirostris Peters, 1852; Bagrus schilbeides Valenciennes, 1840; Bagrus schilbeoides Valenciennes, 1840; Bagrus schilboides Valenciennes, 1840; Eutropius adansonii Valenciennes, 1840; Eutropius altipinnis Steindachner, 1894; Eutropius congensis (non Leach, 1818) Misapplied name; Eutropius depressirostris (Peters, 1852); Eutropius grenfelli (non Boulenger, 1900); Eutropius liberiensis (non Hubrecht, 1881); Eutropius mentalis (non Boulenger, 1901); Eutropius nilotica (Rüppell, 1829); Eutropius niloticus (Rüppell, 1829); Eutropius niloticus niloticus (Rüppell, 1829); Eutropius obtusirostris Günther, 1864; Eutropius sp. Not applicable Ambiguous synonym; Hypophthalmus niloticus Rüppell, 1829; Scheilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758); Schilbe auratus Joannis, 1835; Schilbe bipinnatus Ehrenberg, 1840; Schilbe bouvieri Rochebrune, 1885; Schilbe dispela (non Günther, 1864); Schilbe dispila (non Günther, 1864); Schilbe emini Pfeffer, 1896; Schilbe hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1840; Schilbe mystus fasciata Steindachner, 1870; Schilbe mystus fasciatus Steindachner, 1870; Schilbe mystus mystus (Linnaeus, 1758); Schilbe niloticus (Rüppell, 1829); Schilbe palmeri (non Svensson, 1933); Schilbe senegalensis (non Günther, 1864); Schilbe senegallus (non Valenciennes, 1840); Schilbe steindachneri Guimaraes, 1884; Schilbe uranoscopus (non Rüppell, 1932); Scilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758); Silurus mystus Linnaeus, 1758;

The African butter catfish (Schilbe mystus) is a species of fish in the family Schilbeidae. It is native to many major river systems in Africa. Other common names for the fish include butter fish, butter barbel, African glass catfish, lubangu, mystus catfish, silver barbel, and silver catfish. It was originally described as Silurus mystus by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

African butter catfish

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Schilbeidae
Genus:	Schilbe
Species:	S. mystus
Binomial name
*Schilbe mystus* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Schilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) Preferred Bagrus adansonii Valenciennes, 1840 Synonym Bagrus depressirostris Peters, 1852 Bagrus schilbeides Valenciennes, 1840 Bagrus schilbeoides Valenciennes, 1840 Bagrus schilboides Valenciennes, 1840 Eutropius adansonii Valenciennes, 1840 Eutropius altipinnis Steindachner, 1894 Eutropius congensis (non Leach, 1818) Misapplied name Eutropius depressirostris (Peters, 1852) Eutropius grenfelli (non Boulenger, 1900) Eutropius liberiensis (non Hubrecht, 1881) Eutropius mentalis (non Boulenger, 1901) Eutropius nilotica (Rüppell, 1829) Eutropius niloticus (Rüppell, 1829) Eutropius niloticus niloticus (Rüppell, 1829) Eutropius obtusirostris Günther, 1864 Eutropius sp. Not applicable Ambiguous synonym Hypophthalmus niloticus Rüppell, 1829 Scheilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) Schilbe auratus Joannis, 1835 Schilbe bipinnatus Ehrenberg, 1840 Schilbe bouvieri Rochebrune, 1885 Schilbe dispela (non Günther, 1864) Schilbe dispila (non Günther, 1864) Schilbe emini Pfeffer, 1896 Schilbe hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1840 Schilbe mystus fasciata Steindachner, 1870 Schilbe mystus fasciatus Steindachner, 1870 Schilbe mystus mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) Schilbe niloticus (Rüppell, 1829) Schilbe palmeri (non Svensson, 1933) Schilbe senegalensis (non Günther, 1864) Schilbe senegallus (non Valenciennes, 1840) Schilbe steindachneri Guimaraes, 1884 Schilbe uranoscopus (non Rüppell, 1932) Scilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) Silurus mystus Linnaeus, 1758