Schilbeidae

{{Short description|Family of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Schilbe mystus.jpg | image_caption = ''Schilbe mystus'' | taxon = Schilbeidae | authority = Bleeker, 1858 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision_ref = <ref>{{Cof family|family=Schilbeidae|access-date=12 October 2025}}</ref> | subdivision = {{linked genus list |Irvineia |Trewavas, 1943 |Parailia |Boulenger, 1899 |Pareutropius |Regan, 1920 |Schilbe |Oken, 1817 |Siluranodon |Bleeker, 1858}} }}

'''Schilbeidae''' is a family of catfishes native to Africa and Asia.<ref name=Wang2016>{{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 }}</ref> These fish tend to swim in open water.<ref name=Nelson>{{BioRef |fotw5}}</ref>{{pn|date=October 2025}}

Schilbid catfishes usually have dorsal fins with a short base and a spine, but ''Parailia'' lack a dorsal fin altogether. Most species also possess an adipose fin. The base of the anal fin is very long. There are usually four pairs of barbels. Several species lack anal fins.<ref name=Nelson />

The family name is sometimes spelled '''Schilbidae''' in scientific literature.<ref name=Nelson />

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Category:Schilbeidae Category:Fish of Africa Category:Fish of Asia Category:Catfish families Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker