FB-51570 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51570 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Rivulidae Aphyolebias Aphyolebias obliquus (Costa, Sarmiento & Barrera, 1996) 劳氏埃塞刺鳅 勞氏埃塞刺鰍 Aethiomastacembelus robertsi Vreven & Teugels, 1996 1999-02-20 2001-03-23 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Anonymous0 Fish registrations within the museum database of the Vertebrate Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium. (Ref. 12818) Vreven, E.J. and G.G. Teugels0 Description of a new mastacembelid species (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) from the Zaïre River basin in Africa. Copeia 1996(1):130-139. (Ref. 28147) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Vreven, E.J.0 Mastacembelidae (Teleostei; Synbranchiformes) subfamily division and African generic division: an evaluation. J. Nat. Hist. 39(4):351-370. (Ref. 56254) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) Vreven, E.J. and M.L.J. Stiassny0 <i>Mastacembelus simbi</i>, a new dwarf spiny eel (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) from the lower Congo River. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 20(3):213-222. (Ref. 84205) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-51576 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-02-22 00:00:00 2024-05-13 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51576 Collected mostly from the rapids. For specimens of the Lower Congo River basin (mainstream), water temperature was recorded at a range of 24.7-29.0°C, air temperature at 23.3-30.0°C, D.O. 8.0 mg/l, and pH 7.0-7.5 (Ref. 28147). Vreven, E.J. and G.G. Teugels 1996 Description of a new mastacembelid species (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) from the Zaïre River basin in Africa. Copeia 1996(1):130-139. (Ref. 28147) FB-DiagnosticDescr-51576 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-02-22 00:00:00 2007-11-14 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51576 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Can be distinguished from other African mastacembelid species by following combination of characters: small eyes, anterior border of first dorsal spine situated before, above, or just behind posterior edge of pectoral fin; generally the color pattern is uniform (Ref. 28147). Vreven, E.J. and G.G. Teugels 1996 Description of a new mastacembelid species (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) from the Zaïre River basin in Africa. Copeia 1996(1):130-139. (Ref. 28147) FB-Morphology-51576 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-02-22 00:00:00 2007-11-14 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51576 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 22 - 26; Dorsal soft rays (total): 66 - 92; Anal spines: 1 - 2; Analsoft rays: 63 - 92; Vertebrae: 74 - 82 Vreven, E.J. and G.G. Teugels 1996 Description of a new mastacembelid species (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) from the Zaïre River basin in Africa. Copeia 1996(1):130-139. (Ref. 28147) FB-Distribution-51576 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-02-22 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51576 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: lower Congo River and Pool Malebo in Democratic Republic of the Congo, and lower Kotto and Bomu rivers (Ubangui drainage, middle Congo River basin) in Central African Republic; also reported from Bangui fish market in Central African Republic (Ref. 28147). Vreven, E.J. and G.G. Teugels 1996 Description of a new mastacembelid species (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) from the Zaïre River basin in Africa. Copeia 1996(1):130-139. (Ref. 28147) FB-Size-51576 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-02-22 00:00:00 2024-05-13 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=51576 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 33.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 84205)) Vreven, E.J. and M.L.J. Stiassny 2009 <i>Mastacembelus simbi</i>, a new dwarf spiny eel (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) from the lower Congo River. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 20(3):213-222. (Ref. 84205) 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#Morphology 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-51576 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-02-22 00:00:00 2024-05-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51576 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution benthopelagic; freshwater