FB-9438 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9438 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Amphiliidae Phractura Phractura longicauda Boulenger, 1903 Langflossen-Quappenwels Soukkaimuevä 長護尾鮠 长护尾鮠 1994-04-16 2024-04-16 Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels0 Amphiliidae. p. 54-65. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3818) Anonymous0 Fish registrations within the museum database of the Vertebrate Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium. (Ref. 12818) Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl0 Aquarien Atlas, Band 5. Mergus Verlag, Melle, Germany. 1148 p. (Ref. 13614) Swedish Museum of Natural History0 Fish collection database of the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History). Ichthyology Section, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. 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(Ref. 92841) FB-DiagnosticDescr-9438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-11 00:00:00 2017-10-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9438 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Diagnosis: scutes on body expanded; interorbit wide, width 1.5-2 times orbit diameter; caudal peduncle long, less than 3 times in SL and extremely slender, length more than 18 times depth (Ref. 81646).Description: body firm and box-like, slender and attenuated, depressed, tapered to bony caudal peduncle; intricate pattern of vermiculate unculi on dorsal surface of head and anterior body of both sexes; dorsal and ventral bilateral series of bony scutes along body, dorsally from adjacent to dorsal fin base, ventrally from behind pelvic fins, caudal peduncle encased in bony plates; head 5.3-7.1 times in SL, depressed, obtusely pointed; snout bony, slightly longer than postorbit; nostrils separated, on anterior snout; eyes small, interorbital width 1.5-2.25 times orbit diameter; mouth subterminal, small and oval-shaped; lips fleshy and papillose, lower lip divided by triangular pad; barbels short, tapered and papillose, maxillary pair with broad basal membrane, half of head length; branchiostegal membrane undivided and emarginate ventrally; supraoccipital process conspicuous, broad and obtusely pointed, narrowly separated from nuchal shield; humeral process short, pointed; origin of dorsal fin less than one head length behind head; dorsal fin base before pelvics; dorsal fin pointed with concave hind edge; pectoral fins pointed, leading ray curved, pectinate, padded, not reaching base of pelvics; pelvics pointed, leading ray curved, pectinate, padded, origin behind dorsal fin base, reaches anterior base of anal fin; anal well-developed, hind edge straight; caudal base compact, forked with pointed lobes; adipose short, rounded, over posterior anal fin base; ano-genital pores close behind pelvic bases; males with short conical papilla; body with bilateral series of widely spaced pores, demarcated with dark pigment (Ref. 81646).Coloration: greyish brown to black above with lighter supraoccipital spur and 3 broad light dorsal saddle patches, light cream-brown below on head and chest; fins with black band over mid-section, dorsal and caudal with black basal patches and tips (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-Morphology-9438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-11 00:00:00 2017-10-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9438 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0 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-Distribution-9438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-16 00:00:00 2017-10-11 22:45:53 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9438 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Africa: widespread from the Sanaga River in Cameroon to the Loeme River in Republic of Congo (Ref. 81646). Reports from the Congo basin (Ref. 78218) questionable; considered a Lower Guinea endemic in Ref. 81646. Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels 1986 Amphiliidae. p. 54-65. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3818) FB-Size-9438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-16 00:00:00 2024-04-16 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=9438 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 10.0 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-9438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-16 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9438 demersal; freshwater; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: 8 - 18