Author: (Lacepède, 1803)
FBname: Belly up
Remark: The species <i>Chrysichthys furcatus</i> Günther, 1864 is considered valid in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Mar. 2012: Ref. 89686).  It is treated here a synonym of <i>Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus</i> (Lacepède, 1803) following Risch (1992: Ref. 7324), Risch (2003: Ref. 57126) and Geerinckx et al. (2007: Ref. 81642).
Comments: Adults occur in shallow waters of lakes (less than 4 m), over mud and fine sand bottom.  Omnivorous, feed on seeds, insects, bivalves and detritus (Ref. 13851).  Feeding becomes specialized with age and size, larger fish may feed on decapods and fish (Ref. 27935).