Author: (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
FBname: Golden Nile catfish
Comments: In those parts where <I>Chrysichthys maurus</I> and <I>Chrysichthys auratus</I> overlap (from Liberia to Ghana, to the east of the Volta), <I>C. auratus</I> does not enter rivers, but remains in estuaries and lagoons, where both species are sympatric; in the coastal region, <I>C. auratus</I> has been reported as <I>C. filamentosus</I> (Ref. 57126). Found in lakes and coastal rivers (Ref. 3236) and appears to tolerate a certain amount of salt (Ref. 78218). Occurs usually over soft, slightly muddy substrates or substrates with heavy layers of leafy detritus in deep, relatively quiet waters (Ref. 6868). Feeds on mollusks and small crustaceans (Branchiopods, Copepods, Ostracoda)  which it digs from the substrate (Ref. 27935), and also on insects (Ref. 28714) and fish (Ref. 28714, 78218).