FB-4531 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4531 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Malapteruridae Malapterurus Malapterurus microstoma Poll & Gosse, 1969 Kleiner Zitterwels Smallmouth electric catfish Itutula sa bosunga Itutula sa lyetetele Itutula sha bosunga Itutula sha kamba Tula Tula sa bosunga Tula sa lyetetele Tula sha bosunga Tula sha lyetetele 小口电鲶 小口電鯰 Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) Malopterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) 1991-07-13 2006-07-14 Nelson, J.S.0 Fishes of the world. 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 523 p. (Ref. 245) Poll, M. and J.P. Gosse0 Revision des Malapteruridae (Pisces, Siluriformes) et description d'une deuxième espèce de silure électrique: <i>Malapterurus microstoma</i> sp. n. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. 45:1-12. (Ref. 706) Gosse, J.-P.0 Malapteruridae. p. 102-104. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). 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Liyandja0 Two new <i>Phenacogrammus</i> (Characoidei; Alestidae) from the Ndzaa River (Mfimi-Lukenie basin) of central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Am. Mus. Novit. 3980:1-22. (Ref. 127185) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-14 19:49:22 2006-07-14 19:49:22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4531 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Diagnosis: tooth patches narrow; horizontally based pectoral fins, placed low on the body; snout sharply narrowed rostrally; 40-42 vertebrae; 7-29 gill-rakers; 11-12 anal-fin rays; caudal saddle and bar pattern very faintly expressed; 7-8 branched caudal-fin rays; body finely spotted; lateral line complete (Ref. 44050).Description: head depressed; snout and tooth patches narrow; body more or less fusiform; 17-18 abdominal vertebrae; 23-25 caudal vertebrae; 19 caudal-fin rays (arrangement: ii-7-8-ii) (Ref. 44050).Coloration: bicolored, occasionally sharply so; dorsum tan or light brown, venter pale and largely unpigmented, except for slight stippling on the underside of the head and around anal and pelvic fin bases, and scattered small spots; flank and dorsum well marked with generally small spots, 1-1.5 times an eye diameter large or smaller, with sometimes larger blotches posteriad; pectoral fin unspotted, rays may be dusky in adults; pelvic fin generally opaque, unspotted; adipose with pale distal margin, otherwise marked as dorsum; anal fin matches body ground color, lightly spotted in adults, with a pale distal margin in juveniles and adults; distal 2/3 of caudal fin dusky in juveniles and young, bounded by a clear distal margin and pale basal crescent; caudal fin in adults matches dorsum and flank ground color, except for a clear distal margin, and is well marked with fine spots in large adults (larger than 40cm SL); caudal saddle and bar pattern weakly developed, even in young; saddle slightly darker than ground color and extends to about mid-depth; pale interspace slightly lighter than ground color; caudal bar somewhat darker than saddle and present mostly on the caudal peduncle (not the caudal fin) (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-4531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-14 19:49:22 2006-07-14 19:49:22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4531 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 13; Vertebrae: 40 - 42 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-4531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-07-13 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4531 Africa: throughout the Congo River basin (Ref. 44050, 78218), but absent from the lowland, central portion of the basin (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-Uses-4531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-07-13 00:00:00 2006-07-14 19:52:44 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4531 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1991 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p. Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1991 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p. FB-Size-4531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-07-13 00:00:00 2006-07-14 19:52:44 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4531 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 55.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 44050)); 54 cm SL (female) 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#DiagnosticDescription 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-4531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-07-13 00:00:00 2006-07-14 19:52:44 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4531 benthopelagic; freshwater