FB-12810 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12810 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Malapteruridae Malapterurus Malapterurus minjiriya Sagua, 1987 1995-02-16 2024-05-23 Skelton, P.H.0 Amphiliidae. p. 450-467. In C. Levêque, D. Paugy, and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest Tome 2. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902. (Ref. 7353) Anonymous0 Fish registrations within the museum database of the Vertebrate Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium. (Ref. 12818) Paugy, D., K. Traoré and P.S. Diouf0 Faune ichtyologique des eaux douces d'Afrique de l'Ouest. p.35-66. In G.G. Teugels, J.F. Guégan and J.J. Albaret (eds.) Biological diversity of African fresh-and brackish water fishes. Geographical overviews presented at the PARADI Symposium, Senegal, 15-20 November 1993. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 275:177 p. (Ref. 13331) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 36670) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West , NY 10024-5192, USA. (Ref. 41414) Skelton, P.H., L.M. Risch and D. Paugy0 Amphiliidae. p. 117-143 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57128) Seegers, L.0 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) Skelton, P.H.0 Amphiliidae. p. 753-789. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81646) Ferraris, C.J. and R.P. Vari0 New species of <i>Doumea</i> (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from coastal river basins of the Republic of the Congo. Copeia 2013(4):577-581. (Ref. 94772) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-12811 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2014-09-30 00:00:00 2017-10-11 21:54:42 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12811 Diagnosis: caudal peduncle long and moderately compressed, narrowest at base of caudal fin (Ref. 57128). Caudal-peduncle length comprised 4.5-5.2 times in standard length, its depth comprised 2.5-4 times in its length (Ref. 57128, 81646). Distance from head to dorsal fin 0.7-1.0 times the head length; posterior nostrils at same distance from eyes than anterior nostrils from snout tip (Ref. 57128).Description: body slender (Ref. 57128, 81646), depressed anteriorly, tapered to caudal (Ref 81646). Head heart-shaped (viewed from above)(Ref. 57128), flattened ventrally (Ref. 81646). Snout bluntly/obtusely pointed (Ref. 57128, 81646), longer than post-orbit, 0.55 to 0.63 times length of head (Ref. 81646). Eyes small (Ref. 57128, 81646), widely separated (Ref. 57128), orbits separated by distance 2.5 times orbit diameter (Ref. 81646), dorsally positioned (Ref. 57128). Anterior nostrils located on anterior half of snout, posterior nostrils on middle of snout (Ref. 57128). Mouth small (Ref. 57128), ovoid and subterminal, with a median triangular fold on lower lip (Ref. 57128, 81646), upper lip papillose (Ref. 81646). Barbels short and verrucose/papillose (Ref. 57128, 81646), tapered (Ref. 81646), maxillary pair reaching to orbits (Ref. 57128, 2/3 head length (Ref. 81646). Branchiostegal membrane continuous ventrally, its margin broadly curved or straight (Ref. 57128, 81646). Supra-occipital process well separated from dorsal fin (Ref. 57128, 81646) by gap equal to its own length (Ref. 81646). Short obscure humeral spur above gill openings (Ref. 81646). Fins pointed and well-developed (Ref. 81646). Dorsal fin base before origin of pelvics (Ref. 81646). Dorsal fin broad (Ref. 57128), triangulate (Ref. 81646), its first ray longest (Ref. 57128, 81646), trailing edge straight (Ref. 81646). Pelvic-fin insertions located below posterior part of dorsal fin (Ref. 57128). Pectoral and pelvic fins large and falcate (Ref. 57128, 81646), their principal ray broadened (Ref. 57128), pectinate and padded (Ref. 81646), filamentous on outer margin and covered by a thick pad (Ref. 57128). Pectoral not reaching pelvics; pelvics nearly reaching base of anal (Ref. 57128, 81646). Slit-like pore present on either side above pectoral fin (Ref. 57128). Adipose fin short (Ref. 57128, 81646), rounded (Ref. 57128) or obtusely triangular, above and behind posterior half of anal base (Ref. 81646). Caudal fin forked, with the lower lobe longer than upper lobe; 7+8 principal caudal fin rays (Ref. 57128). Ano-genital pores mid-way between pelvic and anal fin bases (Ref. 81646).Coloration: dark brown above, with (3) paler cross-bars and spots/saddle-patches on back (Ref. 57128, 81646). Lateral line underlined by a white band (Ref. 57128) or wavy stripe (Ref. 81646). Lower sides and belly pale beige, with dark spots above pelvic- and anal-fin bases (Ref. 57128). Fin rays brown (Ref. 57128), with dark brown cross-bars (Ref. 57128, 81646) near tips, fin membranes clear (Ref. 57128). Head with small dark brown spots and dark brown preorbital stripes (Ref. 81646). Skelton, P.H., L.M. Risch and D. Paugy 2003 Amphiliidae. p. 117-143 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57128) FB-Morphology-12811 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2014-09-30 00:00:00 2017-10-11 21:54:42 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12811 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8 - 11 Skelton, P.H., L.M. Risch and D. Paugy 2003 Amphiliidae. p. 117-143 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57128) FB-Distribution-12811 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1995-02-16 00:00:00 2017-10-11 21:57:42 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12811 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Africa: Cross River in Nigeria and Cameroon (Ref. 57128, 78218, 81646) and the Ndian River in Cameroon (Ref. 78218, 81646). Skelton, P.H., L.M. Risch and D. Paugy 2003 Amphiliidae. p. 117-143 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57128) FB-Size-12811 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1995-02-16 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12811 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 6.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 81646)) Skelton, P.H. 2007 Amphiliidae. p. 753-789. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81646) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-12811 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1995-02-16 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12811 demersal; freshwater