| Family: |
Malapteruridae (Electric catfishes) |
| Max. size: |
11.93 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Africa: Kagala River near Aketi (Itimbiri tributary, middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 44050, 78218). |
| Diagnosis: |
Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10-12; Vertebrae: 44-45. Diagnosis: 44-45 vertebrae; caudal saddle and bar pattern absent; 5 pelvic-fin rays; usually a single pore between inner mental barbels; lateral line rarely less than 33% SL, most commonly 33-36% SL; body faintly and sparsely spotted (Ref. 44050).
Description: body elongate, fusiform, almost vermine; paired fins small; eyes small and inconspicuous; 18-19 abdominal vertebrae; 25-26 caudal vertebrae; 18 caudal-fin rays (arrangement ii-7-7-ii) (Ref. 44050).
Coloration: body and head faintly bicolored; dorsum and flank brown, venter tan; relatively few small spots (up to 1-2 times an eye diameter) scattered across dorsum and flank; paired fins clear; caudal and anal fins pigmented in about the same shade as the dorsum/flank pigment, or slightly darker; caudal fin with ill-defined pale distal margin in adults and no pale basal crescent; juveniles pigmented largely as adults, without caudal saddle and bar pattern (Ref. 44050). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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