FB-8116 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8116 Animalia Chordata Cladistii Polypteriformes Polypteridae Polypterus Polypterus delhezi Boulenger, 1899 Bichir delhezův Stribet bikir Zaire-Flösselhecht Barred bichir Vöödiline hulkuim Täpläniilinhauki Nkonga 戴氏多鰭魚 戴氏多鳍鱼 Polypterus ansorgei delhezi Boulenger, 1899 1993-06-23 2024-01-15 Nelson, J.S.0 Fishes of the world. 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 523 p. (Ref. 245) Eschmeyer, W.N.0 Catalog of the genera of recent fishes. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA. 697 p. (Ref. 1830) Boulenger, G.A.0 Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Quatrième Partie: Polyptères, Clupes, Mormyres, Characins. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. 1:59-96. (Ref. 1877) Boulenger, G.A.0 Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Printed by order of the Trustees, London. 373 p. (Ref. 1878) Boulenger, G.A.0 Les poissons du bassin du Congo. Bruxelles. 532 p. 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(Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-8116 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-06-23 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8116 This carnivorous fish lives in streams, lakes and zones of flood (Ref. 41580). Reproduction and spawning occurs during the rainy season (Ref. 41580). Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) FB-DiagnosticDescr-8116 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2002-12-09 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8116 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Subcylindrical body (Ref. 42908). Upper and lower jaws reaching to the same level, or the lower jaw is a little shorter (Ref. 42873, Ref. 42901, Ref. 42908). Number of dorsal finlets: 10-13 (Ref. 42908, Ref. 51884). Pectoral fin not reaching dorsal fin origin (Ref. 41588). Ganoid scales (Ref. 42908): 52-58 lateral line scales, 36-40 scales around body, 12-17 predorsal scales (Ref. 41588, Ref. 42848, Ref. 42908, Ref. 51884). Dorsal side gray-olive colored, with 7 to 8 black transversal bars; ventral side yellowish, lighter on ventral side of head (Ref. 41580; Ref. 44841). Spots are forming a black line between the lips and suboperculum (Ref. 41580). Fins yellow with brown or black spots (Ref. 41580). Matthes, H. 1964 Les poissons du lac Tumba et de la région d'Ikela. Étude systématique et écologique. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., série in-8°, Sci. Zool. 126:204 p. (Ref. 41580) FB-Morphology-8116 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2002-12-09 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8116 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 1013; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 11 - 14 Matthes, H. 1964 Les poissons du lac Tumba et de la région d'Ikela. Étude systématique et écologique. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., série in-8°, Sci. Zool. 126:204 p. (Ref. 41580) FB-Distribution-8116 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-06-23 00:00:00 2022-02-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8116 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: middle Congo River basin (Ref. 3188) in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of Congo. Reports from the Shari (Chad basin)(Ref. 1878, 3047, 3049) unconfirmed in Ref. 81263. Gosse, J.-P. 1984 Polypteridae. p. 18-29. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Volume I. ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. 410 p. (Ref. 3188) FB-Uses-8116 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-06-23 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8116 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: public aquariums Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) FB-LifeCycle-8116 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 1993-06-23 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=8116&StockCode=8427 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Reproduction occurs during the rainy season (Ref. 41580). Matthes, H. 1964 Les poissons du lac Tumba et de la région d'Ikela. Étude systématique et écologique. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., série in-8°, Sci. Zool. 126:204 p. (Ref. 41580) FB-Size-8116 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-06-23 00:00:00 2024-01-15 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=8116 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 44.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 42908)) Poll, M. 1941 Les tendances évolutives des Polyptères d'après l'étude systématique des espèces. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg. 72(2):157-173. (Ref. 42908) 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-8116 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-06-23 00:00:00 2024-01-15 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=8116 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; freshwater