FB-62731 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62731 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anabantiformes Osphronemidae Betta Betta uberis Tan & Ng, 2006 Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) Malopterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) 2006-07-11 2024-03-25 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) Norris, S.M.0 Malapteruridae. p. 174-194 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. 57130) 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) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62742 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-13 16:00:57 2015-02-27 20:59:36 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62742 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Diagnosis: body elongate and cylindrical; tooth patches narrow; vertically based pectoral fins positioned at the body mid-depth; 8-11 anal-fin rays; usually more than 17 gill rakers on first arch; 2 ventral unbranched and 7-8 branched caudal-fin rays; 8-11 pectoral-fin rays; caudal saddle and bar pattern well developed in juveniles and young; caudal fin darkly pigmented in adults; caudal saddle and bar merged dorsally in specimens in which they are still visible (Ref. 44050).Description: head deep and cylindrical; body elongate and fusiform, not depressed; eyes lateral and relatively large; jaws equal; 16-18 abdominal vertebrae; 21-24 caudal vertebrae; 19 caudal-fin rays (arrangement usually ii-7-8-ii, but also iii-7-8-ii and ii-6-8-ii) (Ref. 44050, 57130).Coloration: body and head bicolored; dorsum light brown (or grey or blue-grey), with venter much lighter, but still marked with a diffuse speckling of dark pigment; underside of head dusky; dorsum and flank well marked with mostly small spots, few more than 2-3 times an eye diameter, with a few small spots scattered on venter; paired fins dusky, rarely bearing spots; anal fin darkly pigmented throughout with a clear distal margin, often also bearing scattered small spots; caudal fin darkly pigmented with a well defined pale distal margin, and a pale basal crescent in young; caudal saddle and bar pattern prominent in juveniles and young, growing fainter with increasing size and largely gone by 140mm SL; when still visible, the caudal bar and saddle are broadly merged across the dorsal 2/3 of the flank, leaving a fairly small portion of the pale interspace visible ventrally; adipose fin darkly pigmented, with a pale distal rim; tiny juveniles are largely unpigmented with very faint spotting or caudal barring (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-62742 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-13 16:00:57 2015-02-27 20:59:36 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62742 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): - 0; Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8 - 11; Vertebrae: 38 - 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-62742 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-11 22:15:49 2015-02-27 22:26:12 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62742 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Africa: broadly distributed in Upper Guinean basins east of the Fouta Dialon uplands, from the Bofon River (Guinea) to the St. Paul River (Liberia); also verified from the Cavally basin (Ref. 44050, 57130). 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-Size-62742 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-11 22:08:09 2024-03-25 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=62742 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 30.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 57130)) Norris, S.M. 2003 Malapteruridae. p. 174-194 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. 57130) 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-62742 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-11 22:08:09 2024-03-25 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=62742 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution benthopelagic; freshwater