FB-2449 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2449 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Amphiliidae Amphilius Amphilius platychir (Günther, 1864) Bergbaber Mountain barbel Mountain catfish 平鰭鮠 平鳍鮠 Amphilius grammatophorus Pellegrin, 1913 Amphilius grammatophorus brevipinna Pellegrin, 1935 Amphilius grammatophorus inaequalis Pellegrin, 1935 Amphilius grammatophorus marmoratus Daget, 1963 Amphilius platychir marmoratus Daget, 1963 Amphilius uranoscopus (non Pfeffer, 1889) Pimelodus platychir Günther, 1864 1991-03-06 2024-04-02 Teugels, G.G., C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and K. Traoré0 État des connaissances sur la faune ichtyologique des bassins côtiers de Côte d'Ivoire et de l'ouest du Ghana. Rev. Hydrobiol. Trop. 21(3):221-237. (Ref. 272) Günther, A.0 Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Volume fifth. 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McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-2449-51399 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2009-07-23 2012-02-29 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2449 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Ampla_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Ampla_u0.gif FB-DiagnosticDescr-2449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2014-10-01 16:11:39 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2449 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Diagnosis: dorsal-fin base distinctly ahead of pelvic-fin insertions; predorsal distance rathershort (about 40% of standard length); interorbital space about 35% of head length; caudal-peduncle length 1.5-2 times its depth; length of maxillary barbel over 75% of head length; snout rather long and blunt, its length usually 50-55% of head length; branchiostegal membrane moderately notched on midventral line (Ref. 57128).Description: head depressed; eyes small; nostrils positioned on anterior half of snout; barbels slender, usually slightly shorter than head; pectoral and pelvic fins broad; caudal fin forked, its lower lobe usually somewhat longer than upper lobe; urogenital papilla of males well developed, but short; 6+7 principal caudal fin rays (Ref. 57128).Coloration: back usually brown, belly lighter; 2 horizontal light bands, one above, the other below lateral line; black line in front of eyes; specimens from Southeastern Guinea (Mt. Nimba) are distinctly brown-and-cream-spotted and belong to a different sub-species A. platychir marmoratus (Ref. 57128). 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-2449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2014-10-01 16:11:39 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2449 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10 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-2449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-06 00:00:00 2024-04-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2449 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Africa: Amphilius platychir platychir: upper tributaries of the Senegal, Niger, Gambia, Corubal, Konkouré and Little Scarcies; A. p. marmoratus: rivers Loffa, St. Paul and Cavally in southeastern Guinea (Ref. 57128). Reports from eastern Africa (Tanzania, Congo basin in Zambia) based on misidentifications (see Ref. 78218). 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-Uses-2449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-06 00:00:00 2024-04-02 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2449 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-2449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-06 00:00:00 2024-04-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2449 10.8 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 130826)) Da, N., K. Diop, G. Djidohokpin, Y. Ndiour, A. Bolonga, J. Snoeks and T. Musschoot 2023 Length-weight and length-length relationships of 48 Senegalese freshwater fish species based on collection specimens. Cybium 47(3):259-270. (Ref. 130826) 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/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-2449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-06 00:00:00 2024-04-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2449 demersal; freshwater