Chrysichthys sianenna

Chrysichthys sianenna
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Claroteidae
Genus:	Chrysichthys
Species:	C. sianenna
Binomial name
Chrysichthys sianenna Boulenger, 1906
Synonyms
Bathybagrus sianenna (Boulenger, 1917)

Chrysichthys sianenna is a species of fish in the Claroteidae family. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.^[1]

This species has been classified in the genus Bathybagrus, but currently it is maintained in the genus Chrysichthys.^[2]

References

1. ^ Ntakimazi, G. 2005. Bathybagrus sianenna. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
2. ^ Hardman, Michael (2008). "A New Species of Catfish Genus Chrysichthys from Lake Tanganyika (Siluriformes: Claroteidae)". Copeia 1: 43–56.