# Schilbe

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Schilbe mystus.jpg
| image_caption =''[Schilbe mystus](/source/Schilbe_mystus)''
| taxon = Schilbe
| authority = [Oken](/source/Lorenz_Oken), 1817
| type_species = ''[Silurus mystus](/source/Schilbe_mystus)''
| type_species_authority = [Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1758
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Schilbe''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [schilbid catfish](/source/schilbid_catfish)es native to [Africa](/source/Africa). Some are colloquially called butter catfish, though this may also refer to the [Asia](/source/Asia)n genus ''[Ompok](/source/Ompok)'' of the family [Siluridae](/source/Siluridae).

==Species==
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus | genus = Schilbe| access-date = 12 October 2025}}</ref>
* ''[Schilbe angolensis](/source/Schilbe_angolensis)'' <small>([De Vos](/source/Luc_De_Vos_(ichthyologist)), 1984)</small>
* ''[Schilbe ansorgii](/source/Schilbe_ansorgii)'' <small>(Boulenger, 1910)</small>
* ''[Schilbe banguelensis](/source/Schilbe_banguelensis)'' <small>([Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1911)</small> (Golden Barbel)
* ''[Schilbe bocagii](/source/Schilbe_bocagii)'' <small>([Guimarães](/source/Ant%C3%B3nio_Roberto_Pereira_Guimar%C3%A3es), 1884)</small>
* ''[Schilbe brevianalis](/source/Schilbe_brevianalis)'' <small>([Pellegrin](/source/Jacques_Pellegrin), 1929)</small>
* ''[Schilbe congensis](/source/Schilbe_congensis)'' <small>([Leach](/source/William_Elford_Leach), 1818)</small>
* ''[Schilbe depressirostris](/source/Schilbe_depressirostris)'' <small>(Peters, 1852)</small>
* ''[Schilbe djeremi](/source/Schilbe_djeremi)'' <small>([Thys van den Audenaerde](/source/Dirk_Frans_Elisabeth_Thys_van_den_Audenaerde) & [De Vos](/source/Luc_De_Vos_(ichthyologist)), 1982)</small>
* ''[Schilbe durinii](/source/Schilbe_durinii)'' <small>([Gianferrari](/source/Luisa_Gianferrari), 1932)</small>
* ''[Schilbe grenfelli](/source/Schilbe_grenfelli)'' <small>([Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1900)</small>
* ''[Schilbe intermedius](/source/Schilbe_intermedius)'' <small>[Rüppell](/source/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell), 1832</small> (Silver Butter Catfish)<!-- AnimalBiology58:401. -->
* ''[Schilbe laticeps](/source/Schilbe_laticeps)'' <small>([Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1899)</small>
* ''[Schilbe mandibularis](/source/Schilbe_mandibularis)'' <small>([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1867)</small>
* ''[Schilbe marmoratus](/source/Schilbe_marmoratus)'' <small>[Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1911</small> (Shoulderspot Catfish)
* ''[Schilbe micropogon](/source/Schilbe_micropogon)'' <small>([Trewavas](/source/Ethelwynn_Trewavas), 1943)</small>
* ''[Schilbe moebiusii](/source/Schilbe_moebiusii)'' <small>([Pfeffer](/source/Georg_Johann_Pfeffer), 1896)</small>
* ''[Schilbe multitaeniatus](/source/Schilbe_multitaeniatus)'' <small>([Pellegrin](/source/Jacques_Pellegrin), 1913)</small>
* ''[Schilbe mystus](/source/Schilbe_mystus)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1758)</small> (African Butter Catfish)
* ''[Schilbe nyongensis](/source/Schilbe_nyongensis)'' <small>([De Vos](/source/Luc_De_Vos_(ichthyologist)), 1981)</small>
* ''[Schilbe tumbanus](/source/Schilbe_tumbanus)'' <small>([Pellegrin](/source/Jacques_Pellegrin), 1926)</small>
* ''[Schilbe uranoscopus](/source/Schilbe_uranoscopus)'' <small>[Rüppell](/source/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell), 1832</small>
* ''[Schilbe yangambianus](/source/Schilbe_yangambianus)'' <small>([Poll](/source/Max_Poll), 1954)</small> (Yangambi Butterbarbel)
* ''[Schilbe zairensis](/source/Schilbe_zairensis)'' <small>[De Vos](/source/Luc_De_Vos_(ichthyologist)), 1995</small>

==References==
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Category:Schilbe
Category:Schilbeidae
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Category:Freshwater fish genera
Category:Catfish genera
Category:Taxa named by Lorenz Oken
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