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Malapteruridae (Electric catfishes)
Etymology: Malapterurus: Greek, mala = a lot of + Greek, pteron = fin + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Roberts.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical
Africa: known from coastal river basins in Sierra Leone (Ref. 34006).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.5 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 34006)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 38 - 43. Diagnosis: rather small, no specimen larger than 25 TL known (Ref. 78218). 38-43 (Ref. 78218) or 39-43 (Ref. 34006) vertebrae. Narrower head, mouth and oral tooth bands than M. electricus; body with moderately large scattered black spots; narrow pale bars on anterior part of caudal peduncle and caudal fin base; caudal and anal fins darkened centrally, with sharply defined pale margins; may attain 300 mm (Ref. 34006).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Roberts, T.R., 2000. A review of the African electric catfish family Malapteruridae, with descriptions of new species. Occas. Pap. Ichthyol. 1:1-15. (Ref. 34006)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
