FB-58201 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58201 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Carinotetraodon Carinotetraodon irrubesco Tan, 1999 Electric catfish Zambezi electric catfish Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) Malapterurus zambezensis Norris, 2002 Malopterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) 2001-07-16 2013-07-15 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) Norris, S.M.0 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) Skelton, P.H.0 A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Cape Town (South Africa): Struik Publishers, 395 p. (Ref. 52193) Lamboj, A.0 The cichlid fishes of Western Africa. Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, Germany. 255 p. (Ref. 52307) Skelton, P.H.0 Changes to the scientific and common names of southern African freshwater fishes. Afr. J. Aquat. Sci. 27:171-174. (Ref. 55511) Ferraris, C.J. Jr.0 Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. (Ref. 58032) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) FB-DiagnosticDescr-58207 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-12 22:07:14 2011-05-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58207 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Medium-sized species probably attaining over 300 mm; vertebral counts 23+19+42(2); tooth bands moderately large, laterally and longitudinally moderately broad. Distinguished from the species in the Congo basin by its coloration, with relatively large blotches similar with M. electricus and M. minjiriya. Resembles M. electricus but differs in having more vertebrae (45 vs. 41-44), fewer gill rakers, and oral tooth bands that are laterally and longitudinally somewhat shorter. Holotype and paratype from the Shire have 2+21=23 and 3+18=21 gill rakers on the first gill arch (Ref. 34006). Tooth patches narrow; pectoral fin placed near the body mid-depth; 9 pectoral-fin rays; 9-11 anal-fin rays; total number of vertebrae 40-41; 7-8 branched caudal-fin rays; large blotches on dorsum and flank; base color grey; caudal fin at most lightly spotted (Ref. 44050).Description: head and trunk moderately depressed; mouth wide; lower jaw slightly prominent; 16-17 abdominal and 23-25 caudal vertebrae; 19-20 caudal fin rays (arrangement ii-7-8-ii-iii) (Ref. 44050).Coloration: body and head bicolored; dorsum and flank dark brown, with venter pale tan or off-white; scattered large blotches (up to 2-5 times an eye diameter) mark dorsum and flank; small spots occasionally mark the venter; a light scattering of small spots is carried onto caudal fin, which is otherwise pigmented as flank; no pale distal margin or pale basal crescent on caudal fin; pectoral fin slightly darkened; pelvic fin unpigmented; juvenile pigmentation unknown; no indication of a caudal saddle and bar pattern (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-58207 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-12 22:07:14 2011-05-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58207 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 9 - 11; Vertebrae: 40 - 45 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-58207 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-17 00:00:00 2020-02-04 22:42:59 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58207 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Africa: middle and lower Zambezi, Pungwe and lower Save (Ref. 52307). 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-58207 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-17 00:00:00 2011-05-13 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=58207 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 37.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (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-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#Uses 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-58207 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-17 00:00:00 2011-05-13 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=58207 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size benthopelagic; freshwater