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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2385 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Poend_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Poend_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-2385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2024-01-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Inhabits swamps and rivers. Essentially piscivorous (Ref. 9695, 28714). Diet includes snails and crustaceans (Ref. 30488). Gosse, J.P. and J. Daget 2003 Polypteridae. p. 101-112. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81263) FB-DiagnosticDescr-2385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-03-02 00:00:00 2023-03-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Diagnosis: lower jaw longer than upper jaw; pectoral fin reaching first dorsal ray (Ref. 2835, 42908, 81263). 11-14 dorsal finlets (Ref. 28714, 122071), the first situated above the pectoral fins; head flat or slightly concave between the eyes but not convex (Ref. 28714). Third dorsal scale row the first to reach ventral midline; predorsal length short, 21.7-27.4 % SL; few (4-5, rarely 6), broad (more than 3 scale rows wide), dark transverse bars extending from dorsum to middle of flank by confluence of dorsal and lateral blotches sometimes including ventrolateral markings (Ref. 122071).Description: Body dorso-ventrally depressed, non subcylindrical, the height of which is comprised 7.1-9.1 times in body length and head length 4.1-5.5 times (Ref. 367, 2756, 2835, 42908, 81263). Head flattened, 1.3-1.7 times longer than broad; lower jaw longer than upper jaw; eye diameter 9.4-13 times in head length (Ref. 367, 2756, 2835, 81263). Dorsal fin with 11-14 rays followed by 20-26 dorsal and caudal articulated rays; anal fin with 15-18 rays; pectoral fin rounded getting behind the level of the first dorsal ray (Ref. 2835, 81263). Scales ganoid (Ref. 42904), 50-60 in lateral line, 39-48 around the body, 11-16 predorsal scales (Ref. 367, 2835, 42908, 81263, 122071), 39-45 prepelvic scales. Lateral line scales grooved with a posterior notched border (Ref. 367, 2835, 42908, 81263).Coloration: In alcohol, body yellowish or greenish on the upper parts, belly clearer, sides with characteristic and irregular vertical black bands; head and fins spotted with black (Ref. 2835, 3069, 81263). Gosse, J.P. and J. Daget 2003 Polypteridae. p. 101-112. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81263) FB-Morphology-2385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-03-02 00:00:00 2023-03-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 1114; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 9 - 18; Vertebrae: 53 - 57 Gosse, J.P. and J. Daget 2003 Polypteridae. p. 101-112. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81263) FB-Distribution-2385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: Nile River, Chad basin, Niger River, Volta River, Bandama River, Comoé River and Ouémé River (Ref. 2835, 81263). Gosse, J.P. and J. Daget 2003 Polypteridae. p. 101-112. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81263) FB-Uses-2385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2024-01-22 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=2385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: minor commercial Reed, W., J. Burchard., A.J. Hopson, J. Jenness and I. Yaro 1967 Fish and fisheries of Northern Nigeria. Ministry of Agriculture Northern Nigeria, Nigeria. 226 p. (Ref. 9695) 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-Migration-2385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2024-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2385 Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) FB-TrophicStrategy-2385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-10-27 00:00:00 2003-02-17 16:09:08 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public endlicherii http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Inhabits swamps and rivers. Polypterus endlicheri is essentially piscivorous (Ref. 9695, Ref. 28714). Diet includes snails and crustaceans (Ref.30488). Gosse, J.-P. 1990 Polypteridae. p. 79-87. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome 1. Coll. Faune Trop. n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren and Éditions de l'ORSTOM, Paris. 384 p. (Ref. 2835) FB-Size-2385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2024-01-22 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=2385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 65.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 123661)); max. published weight: 3,400 g (Ref. 123661) Tah, L., G.B. Goore and K.S. Da Costa 2012 Length-weight relationship for 36 freshwater fish species from two tropical reservoirs: Ayamé I and Buyo, Côte d'Ivoire. Rev. Biol. Trop. 60(4):1847-1856. (Ref. 123661) Tah, L., G.B. Goore and K.S. Da Costa 2012 Length-weight relationship for 36 freshwater fish species from two tropical reservoirs: Ayamé I and Buyo, Côte d'Ivoire. Rev. Biol. Trop. 60(4):1847-1856. (Ref. 123661) 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#Threats 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-2385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2024-01-22 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=2385 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)