FB-64046 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64046 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Cobitidae Bibarba Bibarba bibarba Chen & Chen, 2007 2008-06-26 2008-07-09 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) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-11 00:00:00 2017-10-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64054 Diagnosis: barbels slender, reaching edge of branchiostegal membrane; 2 scutes between supraoccipital process and nuchal plate; scutes on body thin, forming a narrow ridge; interorbit narrow, width 1 orbit diameter; caudal peduncle long, 2.6 times in SL and extremely slender, length more than 18 times depth (Ref. 81646).Description: body firm, depressed and tapered to a long, slender caudal peduncle; 2 pre-dorsal bony scutes, dorsal and ventral bilateral series of thin scutes from adjacent to dorsal fin and behind pelvic fins, respectively; caudal peduncle encased in bony scutes; head length 5.8 times in SL; head depressed, obtusely pointed, smooth-skinned; snout long, 66% HL; nostrils separated in mid-snout; eyes moderately large (orbit 20% HL), narrowly separated by one orbit diameter; mouth subterminal, small, oval-shaped; upper lip with small papillae, lower lips smooth, divided by triangular pad; barbels slender, relatively long, maxillary pair 0.75 HL, papillose, reaching edge of branchiostegal membrane; branchiostegal membrane ventrally undivided, emarginate; supraoccipital process slender, inconspicuous, separated from nuchal shield by 2 small bony scutes; humeral process slender, inconspicuous; fins large; origin of dorsal fin less than one HL behind head; dorsal fin tall, pointed, trailing edge concave; pectoral fins falcate, not reaching pelvics, leading ray curved, pectinate, padded; pelvic fins large, falcate, reaching beyond origin of anal fin, leading ray pectinate, padded; anal fin slender, pointed; caudal small, shallow forked; adipose small, behind anal base; ano-genital pores slightly nearer pelvic bases than origin of anal (Ref. 81646).Coloration: obscure black spots and blotches, ventral from head to anal fin creamy; head plain grey above; paired fins with sooty band across mid-reaches, median fins with distal sooty patches (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-64054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-11 00:00:00 2017-10-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64054 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-64054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-28 00:00:00 2017-10-11 23:23:43 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64054 Africa: only known from a single collection in the Nyanga River at Tchibanga, 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-64054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-28 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=64054 11.5 cm SL (female) 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-64054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-28 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=64054 demersal; freshwater