FB-62280 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62280 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Trichomycteridae Silvinichthys Silvinichthys bortayro Fernández & de Pinna, 2005 Paradoxoglanis caudovittatus Norris, 2002 2005-10-18 2005-10-18 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) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of May 2005. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in May 2005. (Ref. 54621) Seegers, L.0 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) Monsembula Iyaba, R.J.C. and M.L.J. Stiassny0 Fishes of the Salonga National Park (Congo basin, central Africa): a list of species collected in the Luilaka, Salonga, and Yenge Rivers (Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo). Check List 9(2):246-256. (Ref. 93897) Stiassny, M.L.J., E. Alter, R.J.C. Monsembula Iyaba and T.L.D. Liyandja0 Two new <i>Phenacogrammus</i> (Characoidei; Alestidae) from the Ndzaa River (Mfimi-Lukenie basin) of central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Am. Mus. Novit. 3980:1-22. (Ref. 127185) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62287 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-19 15:36:18 2006-07-19 15:52:52 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62287 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Diagnosis: pectoral fin with sharply defined dark bar; caudal saddle and bar pattern well developed; lateral line extending to at least the level of the pelvic fin base (usually further, most commonly 45-50% SL); normally a single sensory pore between inner mental barbels (Ref. 44050).Description: 16-19 abdominal vertebrae; 20-23 caudal vertebrae; 18 caudal-fin rays (arrangement ii-7-7-ii) (Ref. 44050).Coloration: body and head bicolored; dorsum and flank brown, venter tan; mental barbels and underside of head darkened; dorsum and flank marked with scattered spots, some as large as several eye diameters; pectoral-fin rays dark brown from base of fin to about half its length; pelvic fin clear; posterior half of anal fin darkly pigmented, with clear distal margin, the remainder off-white; caudal fin darkly pigmented, except for pale distal margin and pale basal crescent; adipose fin dark along its base (matching the saddle), its distal margin white; caudal saddle and bar pattern well developed; caudal bar wedge-shaped, spanning caudal fin base and caudal peduncle terminus, with acute anterior margin projecting into pale interspace; pale interspace bright in juveniles and young specimens, gradually darkening into the flank ground color with age; caudal saddle dark and wide, extending nearly to the anal fin base in young specimens; saddle fades with age, hardly visible on large adults, although caudal bar and caudal fin pigmentation remain striking even in large adults (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-62287 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-19 15:36:18 2006-07-19 15:52:52 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62287 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 38 - 40 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-62287 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-10-21 00:00:00 2022-09-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62287 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Africa: central portion of the Congo basin (Ref. 44050), including Tshuapa River system (Ref. 44050), Luilaka (Ref. 93897), and Lukenie River system (Ref. 44050, 127185). 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-62287 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-10-21 00:00:00 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=62287 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle 12.5 cm SL (female) 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#TrophicStrategy 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-62287 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-10-21 00:00:00 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=62287 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; freshwater