FB-64040 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64040 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Loricariidae Pareiorhaphis Pareiorhaphis nasuta Pereira, Vieira & Reis, 2007 2008-06-24 2024-07-18 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-64048 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-09 00:00:00 2017-10-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64048 Diagnosis: caudal fin with oblique white band across postero-dorsal lobe; origin of dorsal fin less than one head length behind head; dorsal base extends behind origin of pelvic fin origin; dorsal leading ray distinctly shorter than leading edge of fin; caudal fin with 6+7 principal rays; caudal peduncle less than 1.5 times depth; snout shorter than post-orbit length; eyes placed equidistant from hind margin of head and tip of snout (mid-way along head) (Ref. 81646).Description: body relatively short, slender, depressed anteriorly, width tapering to compressed caudal peduncle; head length 3.8-4.3 times in SL; head depressed with obtuse anterior profile, smooth-skinned; branchiostegal membrane deeply cleft mid-ventrally; mouth subterminal, broad; lips thin; teeth caniniform in square pad on premaxilla and narrow band on anterior mandible; barbels filamentous, maxillary longest, reaching above base of pectorals; nostrils in mid-snout, separated; eyes small, widely spaced (interorbital width 2.8-3.3 times orbit diameter), positioned in middle of head, confluent (orbits without free border); fins moderately large; origin of dorsal fin less than one head length behind head; dorsal fin base to above origin of pelvic fins; dorsal fin hind margin straight; pectoral fins rounded, leading ray slender, pectinate and padded, not reaching pelvics; pelvics rounded, leading ray slender, pectinate, padded, not reaching anal; anal short based and slender, not reaching caudal; caudal slender and emarginate or shallowly forked, base with dark, semi-oval fleshy pad; adipose fin long, extending from behind pelvic base to procurrent ridge of caudal fin, gently curved (Ref. 81646).Coloration: dorsal and lateral surfaces dark brown, with scattered darker spots over head and body dorsum becoming less dense behind and below; light saddle patch behind dorsal base; ventral surface before anal light cream, pigment across genital region; base of fin rays brown, membranes clear; caudal fin distinctive with basal third and postero-dorsal lobe black, separated by a creamy white band extending from mid-dorsal to distal ventral lobe (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-64048 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-09 00:00:00 2017-10-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64048 Dorsal spines (total): 0; 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-64048 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-27 00:00:00 2017-10-09 21:33:45 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64048 Africa: endemic to southeastern tributaries of the Ogowe River in Gabon (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-64048 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-26 00:00:00 2021-09-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64048 5.0 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-64048 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-26 00:00:00 2021-09-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64048 benthopelagic; freshwater