FB-64043 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64043 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Knipowitschia Knipowitschia montenegrina Kovačić & Šanda, 2007 2008-06-25 2008-06-25 Skelton, P.H.0 New species of the amphiliid catfish genera Amphilius, Doumea and Phractura and the taxonomy of Paramphilius from West Central Africa (Siluformes, Amphiliidae). Zootaxa 1578:41-68. (Ref. 74418) Skelton, P.H.0 Amphiliidae. p. 753-789. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81646) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64051 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-11 00:00:00 2017-10-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64051 Diagnosis: caudal fin without large black spot; body light brown with clear large spots; origin of dorsal fin less than one head length behind head; dorsal fin base extends behind origin of pelvic fin origin; dorsal fin leading ray distinctly shorter than leading edge of fin; caudal fin with 6+7 principal rays; caudal peduncle 1.2-1.5 times longer than deep; snout equal to or shorter than post-orbit length, less than half length of head; eyes placed equidistant from hind margin of head and tip of snout (mid-way along head) or nearer to tip of snout (Ref. 81646).Description: body depressed and ovoid in cross-section anteriorly, caudal peduncle compressed; head length 3.8-4.25 times in SL; head longer than wide, depressed, flat below; branchiostegal membrane deeply cleft in mid-line; mouth broad, subterminal; lips fleshy; teeth caniniform in pad on premaxillae and band on mandible; barbels filamentous, maxillary longest, reaches base of pectorals; nostrils in mid-snout, separated; eyes small, moderately widely spaced (interorbital width 2.3-3.4 times orbit diameter), confluent with head (orbits without free margins); caudal peduncle short, 5.9-6.8 times in SL; fins well-developed; dorsal fin base extends to above origin of pelvics; dorsal fin rectangular with straight hind edge, leading ray shorter than leading edge of fin; pectoral and pelvic fins about equal size, large and rounded, with curved pectinate and padded first ray; pectoral not reaching pelvics, pelvics not reaching anal origin; anal short-based and rounded, nearly reaching base of caudal; caudal large, truncate or slightly emarginate, crenellated fleshy pad over base; adipose fin long, low, extending from before origin of anal to procurrent ridge of caudal; anus and genital pore close behind pelvics (Ref. 81646).Coloration: light brown with dark brown spots and vermiculated markings dorsally and laterally; intensity of spots varies individually, some specimens considerably more spotted than others; creamy ventrally from head to anal fin; fins plain pale brown or clear with occasional spots, caudal fin light brown, with a faint mid-band or bar (Ref. 81646). Skelton, P.H. 2007 Amphiliidae. p. 753-789. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81646) FB-Morphology-64051 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-11 00:00:00 2017-10-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64051 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0 Skelton, P.H. 2007 Amphiliidae. p. 753-789. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81646) FB-Distribution-64051 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-27 00:00:00 2017-10-11 17:58:33 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64051 Africa: endemic to the upper Mpoulou River, tributary of the Kouilou River within the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve, Mayombe, Republic of Congo (Ref. 74418, 81646). Skelton, P.H. 2007 New species of the amphiliid catfish genera Amphilius, Doumea and Phractura and the taxonomy of Paramphilius from West Central Africa (Siluformes, Amphiliidae). Zootaxa 1578:41-68. (Ref. 74418) FB-Size-64051 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-27 00:00:00 2013-07-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64051 7.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 74418)) Skelton, P.H. 2007 New species of the amphiliid catfish genera Amphilius, Doumea and Phractura and the taxonomy of Paramphilius from West Central Africa (Siluformes, Amphiliidae). Zootaxa 1578:41-68. (Ref. 74418) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-64051 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-27 00:00:00 2013-07-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64051 demersal; freshwater