{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Schilbe mystus.jpg | image_caption =''Schilbe mystus'' | taxon = Schilbe | authority = Oken, 1817 | type_species = ''Silurus mystus'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Schilbe''''' is a genus of schilbid catfishes native to Africa. Some are colloquially called butter catfish, though this may also refer to the Asian genus ''Ompok'' of the family Siluridae.
==Species== There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus | genus = Schilbe| access-date = 12 October 2025}}</ref> * ''Schilbe angolensis'' <small>(De Vos, 1984)</small> * ''Schilbe ansorgii'' <small>(Boulenger, 1910)</small> * ''Schilbe banguelensis'' <small>(Boulenger, 1911)</small> (Golden Barbel) * ''Schilbe bocagii'' <small>(Guimarães, 1884)</small> * ''Schilbe brevianalis'' <small>(Pellegrin, 1929)</small> * ''Schilbe congensis'' <small>(Leach, 1818)</small> * ''Schilbe depressirostris'' <small>(Peters, 1852)</small> * ''Schilbe djeremi'' <small>(Thys van den Audenaerde & De Vos, 1982)</small> * ''Schilbe durinii'' <small>(Gianferrari, 1932)</small> * ''Schilbe grenfelli'' <small>(Boulenger, 1900)</small> * ''Schilbe intermedius'' <small>Rüppell, 1832</small> (Silver Butter Catfish)<!-- AnimalBiology58:401. --> * ''Schilbe laticeps'' <small>(Boulenger, 1899)</small> * ''Schilbe mandibularis'' <small>(Günther, 1867)</small> * ''Schilbe marmoratus'' <small>Boulenger, 1911</small> (Shoulderspot Catfish) * ''Schilbe micropogon'' <small>(Trewavas, 1943)</small> * ''Schilbe moebiusii'' <small>(Pfeffer, 1896)</small> * ''Schilbe multitaeniatus'' <small>(Pellegrin, 1913)</small> * ''Schilbe mystus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (African Butter Catfish) * ''Schilbe nyongensis'' <small>(De Vos, 1981)</small> * ''Schilbe tumbanus'' <small>(Pellegrin, 1926)</small> * ''Schilbe uranoscopus'' <small>Rüppell, 1832</small> * ''Schilbe yangambianus'' <small>(Poll, 1954)</small> (Yangambi Butterbarbel) * ''Schilbe zairensis'' <small>De Vos, 1995</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Schilbe Category:Schilbeidae * * Category:Freshwater fish genera Category:Catfish genera Category:Taxa named by Lorenz Oken Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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