FB-58200 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58200 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus Acheilognathus macromandibularis Doi, Arai & Liu, 1999 2001-07-16 2021-10-29 Roberts, T.R.0 A review of the African electric catfish family Malapteruridae, with descriptions of new species. Occas. Pap. Ichthyol. 1:1-15. (Ref. 34006) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of November 2000. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in November 2000. (Ref. 36656) Seegers, L.0 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) FB-DiagnosticDescr-58206 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-03-19 00:00:00 2014-03-19 17:59:26 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58206 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 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).Description: 8-9 anal fin rays (Ref. 78218). Coloration: body grey, darker on upper part and light on belly; scattered dark dots the size of the eye or smaller; juveniles have black stripe across caudal peduncle; proximal half of caudal fin white, followed by half-moon-shaped spot and white edge to the fin; white band runs from posterior half of adipose fin to anal fin; in front of this a dark saddle-like spot extends across body and anterior half of adipose fin, becoming broader from flanks upwards (Ref. 78218). 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) FB-Morphology-58206 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-03-19 00:00:00 2014-03-19 17:59:26 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58206 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Vertebrae: 38 - 43 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) FB-Distribution-58206 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-17 00:00:00 2014-06-06 18:05:30 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58206 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Africa: known from coastal river basins in Sierra Leone (Ref. 34006). 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) FB-Size-58206 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-17 00:00:00 2024-03-27 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=58206 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 15.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 34006)) 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) 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#Size 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-58206 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-17 00:00:00 2024-03-27 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=58206 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats benthopelagic; freshwater