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Auchenoglanis occidentalis in Guinea-Bissau
Bubu

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Auchenoglanis occidentalis   (Valenciennes, 1840)
Family:	Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes) , subfamily: Auchenoglanidinae			picture (Auocc_u3.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Bubu
Max. size:	70.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4967)
Environment:	demersal; potamodromous; pH range: 6.5 - 7.80000019073486; dH range: 28
Climate:	tropical; 21 - 25°C
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.3)
Distribution:	Africa: present in most rivers of West Africa, Lake Chad, the entire Congo River system, the Nile, East African lakes, and the rivers Omo and Giuba.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 3-4; Anal soft rays: 7-8. Head large with heavily built body (Ref. 4967). Marbled or spotted gray, with a few black spots arranged in rows.
Biology:	Inhabits lakes and large rivers (Ref. 4967). Occurs in shallow water with muddy bottom. Omnivore, feeds on plankton, mollusks, seeds and detritus (Ref. 13868). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Nested eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 47642). Furthermore, the male plays host to eggs and young of Dinotopterus cunningtoni which takes advantage of the already prepared nest and feeds on the host brood (Ref. 49546). An example of interspecific brood care
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Risch, L.M.. 2003. (Ref. 57126)
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Guinea-Bissau country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from Géba and Corubal rivers (Ref. 13331).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pu.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Paugy, D., K. Traoré and P.S. Diouf, 1994
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	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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