FB-62276 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62276 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Percoidei Percidae Percina Percina fulvitaenia Morris & Page, 1981 Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) Malaptuerurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) Malopterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) 2005-10-04 2013-07-18 Norris, S.M.0 A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of May 2005. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in May 2005. (Ref. 54621) Seegers, L.0 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) Monsembula Iyaba, R.J.C. and M.L.J. Stiassny0 Fishes of the Salonga National Park (Congo basin, central Africa): a list of species collected in the Luilaka, Salonga, and Yenge Rivers (Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo). Check List 9(2):246-256. (Ref. 93897) Moelants, T.0 Diversity and ecology of the ichthyofauna of the Middle and Upper Congo basin: a case-study in the region of the Wagenia falls (Democratic Republic of the Congo). KULeuven, Faculty of Science, Leuven (Belgium), 320p. (Ref. 106245) Decru, E.0 The ichthyofauna in the Central Congo basin: diversity and distribution in the north-eastern tributaries. KULeuven, Faculty of Science, Leuven (Belgium), 303p. (Ref. 106290) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62283 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-18 19:32:31 2006-07-18 19:32:31 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62283 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: tooth patches broad; obliquely angled pectoral fins positioned low on body; 43-45 vertebrae; 9-11 anal-fin rays; eyes round; body relatively darkly pigmented; larger specimens with dusky pectoral and pelvic fin rays (Ref. 44050).Description: relatively deep head; broad snout and mouth (in dorsal profile); jaws roughly equal; 18-20 abdominal vertebrae; 23-26 caudal vertebrae; 19 caudal-fin rays (arrangement ii-7-8-ii) (Ref. 44050).Coloration: body and head bicolored; dorsum and flank medium brown; venter pale tan or off-white; throat bears a scattering of dark pigment; dorsum and flanks well-marked with dark spots (some 1-2 eye diameters large); few, if any, spots on venter or anal or caudal fins; caudal fin in adults pigmented in the same shade as the flank ground color, with pale distal margin; caudal fin also with pale basal crescent in smaller specimens; caudal saddle and bar pattern faint and poorly developed; saddle in juveniles only slightly darker than flank ground color, covering dorsal half of caudal peduncle, merging with caudal bar; pale interspace, when present, hardly differentiated from flank ground color, quite narrow, only covering ventral half of caudal peduncle; pectoral fin dusky, particular in larger specimens; pelvic fin of adults dusky (Ref. 44050). Norris, S.M. 2002 A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) FB-Morphology-62283 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-18 19:32:31 2006-07-18 19:32:31 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62283 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 9 - 11; Vertebrae: 42 - 45 Norris, S.M. 2002 A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) FB-Distribution-62283 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-10-21 00:00:00 2016-02-03 20:33:01 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62283 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: middle and upper Congo River basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 78218). Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.) 2005 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of May 2005. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in May 2005. (Ref. 54621) FB-Size-62283 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-10-21 00:00:00 2024-03-25 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=62283 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 98.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 44050)) Norris, S.M. 2002 A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) 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#Habitat 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-62283 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-10-21 00:00:00 2024-03-25 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62283 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription demersal; freshwater