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Kampoyo

Bagrus meridionalis Günther, 1894

Status not recordedbony fish

The kampoyo (Bagrus meridionalis) is a species in the family Bagridae, order Siluriformes.

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Quick facts about the kampoyo

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the kampoyo live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the kampoyo as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Zambia
  2. Zimbabwe

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the kampoyo endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the kampoyo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSiluriformes
  5. familyBagridae
  6. genusBagrus
  7. SpeciesBagrus meridionalis Günther, 1894

Synonyms Bagrus meridinalis, Bagrus meriodinalis, Porcus meridionalis

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • KampangoEnglish
  • Kampoyo catfishEnglish
  • sumíček jižníCzech
  • カンパンゴJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the kampoyo

Other species in the same genus Bagrus.

Semutundu

Bagrus docmak

BagridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the kampoyo an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the kampoyo as introduced in 2 countries: Zambia and Zimbabwe, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the kampoyo?

The kampoyo (Bagrus meridionalis) belongs to the family Bagridae in the order Siluriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Kampoyo (Bagrus meridionalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kampoyo

MLA

“Kampoyo (Bagrus meridionalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kampoyo.

BibTeX
@misc{kampoyo_2026,
  title = {Kampoyo (Bagrus meridionalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kampoyo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}