FB-64039 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64039 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Characidae Phenacogaster Phenacogaster apletostigma Lucena & Gama, 2007 2008-06-24 2013-07-15 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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64047 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-06 00:00:00 2017-10-06 21:43:37 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64047 Diagnosis: eyes closely spaced (interorbital width 1.2-1.9 times orbit diameter); pigmentation brown with light bands, dark band across base of dorsal; origin of dorsal fin less than one head length behind head; dorsal base before origin of pelvic fins; dorsal leading ray extends full length of leading edge of fin; caudal fin with 6+7 principal rays; caudal peduncle length 1.18-1.47 times depth; snout half of head length; 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 stout, depressed anteriorly, width tapering to a compressed caudal peduncle; head length 3.5-3.9 times in SL, depressed and rounded anteriorly; branchiostegal membrane deeply cleft mid-ventrally; mouth broad, subterminal, with lips thick and fleshy; jaw teeth caniniform in bands; 3 pairs of filamentous barbels, maxillary longest, subequal to head length; snout moderately long; nostrils in mid-snout, narrowly separated; eyes moderately sized, confluent with head (orbital margins attached); caudal peduncle short (5.9-7.1 times in SL), slightly longer than deep; fins well-developed; dorsal fin with 1 unbranched and 6 branched rays, its base entirely in advance of pectorals, rectangular with leading simple ray equal to length of leading edge; pectoral fins with 1 unbranched and 9 branched rays, not reaching pelvics, rounded with leading ray curved, padded and pectinate, innermost (posterior) rays align vertically against body wall; pelvics fins with 1 unbranched and 5 branched rays, broad, with padded pectinate leading ray, not reaching base of anal; anal fin with 2-3 unbranched and 4-5 branched rays, short, not reaching base of caudal; caudal fin with emarginate hind edge, ventral lobe slightly longer than dorsal lobe; adipose fin well-developed, rounded, base extends from before origin of anal to base of caudal procurrent ridge (Ref. 81646).Coloration: head and body usually dark brown with 4-5 light saddle bands and a light off-white ventral surface from head to anal fin; fins with brown rays; caudal fin with broad dark brown basal band and a distal band (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-64047 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-06 00:00:00 2017-10-06 21:43:37 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64047 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; 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-64047 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-26 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64047 Africa: endemic to the Mpoulou River (Kouilou River system) in 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-64047 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-26 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64047 5.6 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-64047 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-26 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64047 demersal; freshwater