FB-62730 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62730 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anabantiformes Osphronemidae Betta Betta mandor 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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-14 22:20:46 2015-02-24 22:34:26 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Diagnosis: tooth patches broad; 8-9 anal-fin rays; 0-4 gill-rakers on upper branch of first arch; 3 unbranched ventral caudal-fin rays; 38-41 vertebrae; caudal fin with prominent pale basal crescent, even in adults; body typically grey; grey flank pigment carried onto the lower lip, mental barbels and, in adults, the underside of the head (Ref. 44050).Description: body and head moderately depressed; eyes placed laterally; snout blunt; lips thick; lower jaw prominent, particularly in juveniles; 16-18 abdominal vertebrae; 22-24 caudal vertebrae; 20 caudal fin rays (usual arrangement ii-7-8-iii; iii-6-8-iii in some juveniles; ii-7-9-ii in one adult) (Ref. 44050).Coloration: head and body bicolored in shades of grey; dorsum and flank well-marked with spots, most an eye diameter or smaller, with similar spots scattered across venter; dorsal surface of pectoral fin dusky in adults, pelvic fin generally unmarked; underside of head (from snout to level of pectoral fin) bears a distinct scattering of dark grey pigment (matching dorsal pigment in shade), lower lip and barbels similarly marked; pigmentation of ventral surface of head well-developed in young and adults and starts forming at about 70-80mm SL; anal fin with faint dusky bar near its distal margin in young and juveniles, which is not apparent in larger specimens in which the anal fin is generally unpigmented and may bear scattered small spots or a slight shading of grey pigment; caudal fin in adults roughly the same shade as flank, with a pale distal margin and a faint pale basal crescent; caudal fin in young and juveniles with a dark bar set off by the pale distal margin and a wide, pale basal crescent; caudal saddle and bar pattern well-developed in specimens up to about 70mm SL; caudal bar dark and mostly on the caudal peduncle; saddle extending about 3/4 of the way down the flank, generally not as dark nor as well-defined as the caudal bar (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-62737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-14 22:20:46 2015-02-24 22:34:26 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): - 0; Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9; Vertebrae: 38 - 41 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-62737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-11 18:52:17 2015-02-26 18:07:18 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: broadly distributed in western upperGuinean waters, from the Great Scarcies (=Kolenté) River (Guinea/Sierra Leone) to the Borlor (=Farmington) River (Liberia) (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-62737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-11 18:46:17 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=62737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 21.5 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#Size 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-62737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-11 18:46:17 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=62737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats benthopelagic; freshwater