# Schilbeidae
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{{Short description|Family of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Schilbe mystus.jpg
| image_caption = ''Schilbe mystus''
| taxon = Schilbeidae
| authority = [Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1858
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision_ref = [{{Cof family|family=Schilbeidae|access-date=12 October 2025}}]
| subdivision = {{linked genus list
|Irvineia |Trewavas, 1943
|Parailia |Boulenger, 1899
|Pareutropius |Regan, 1920
|Schilbe |Oken, 1817
|Siluranodon |Bleeker, 1858}}
}}
'''Schilbeidae''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [catfish](/source/catfish)es native to [Africa](/source/Africa) and [Asia](/source/Asia).[{{cite journal|author1=Wang, J.|author2=Lu, B.|author3= Zan, R.|author4= Chai, J.|author5= Ma, W.|author6= Jin, W.|author7= Duan, R.|author8= Luo, J.|author9= Murphy, R.W.|author10= Xiao, H.|author11= Chen, Z. | year= 2016 | title= Phylogenetic Relationships of Five Asian Schilbid Genera Including ''Clupisoma'' (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae) | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 11 | issue = 1 | article-number = e0145675 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0145675 |pmid=26751688 |pmc = 4713424|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1145675W |doi-access=free }}] These fish tend to swim in open water.[{{BioRef |fotw5}}]{{pn|date=October 2025}}
Schilbid catfishes usually have [dorsal fin](/source/dorsal_fin)s with a short base and a [spine](/source/spine_(zoology)), but ''[Parailia](/source/Parailia)'' lack a dorsal fin altogether. Most species also possess an [adipose fin](/source/adipose_fin). The base of the anal fin is very long. There are usually four pairs of [barbel](/source/Barbel_(anatomy))s. Several species lack [anal fin](/source/anal_fin)s.