FB-64278 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64278 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Nothobranchiidae Nothobranchius Nothobranchius cardinalis Watters, Cooper & Wildekamp, 2008 Synodontis afrofischeri (non Hilgendorf, 1888) 2008-08-04 2024-07-18 Gosse, J.-P.0 Mochokidae. p. 105-152. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3202) Seegers, L.0 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) Poll, M.0 Révision des <i>Synodontis</i> africains (famille Mochocidae). Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 191:1-497. (Ref. 82238) Pfeffer, G.0 Die Fische Ost-Afrikas. p. 1-72. In Möbius, K. (ed.) Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. Band III. Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. (Ref. 84052) FB-GeneralDescr-64327 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Nicolas Bailly 2008-08-04 00:00:00 2024-03-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64327 Collected from a small, seasonal stream and the parent catfishes must migrate upstream from the Ruvu during the rainy season to spawn there (Ref. 78218). Seegers, L. 2008 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64327 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-08-09 00:00:00 2008-08-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64327 Distinguished from other species by the following characters: eye diameter 2.2 times in snout length; humeral process triangular, pointed at its tip; absence of axillary pore below the humeral process; 24-26 teeth on lower jaw, number increasing with size; base coloration whitish with large grey-brown blotches on the flanks, leaving only the belly as well as irregular broad white patches in front of and at the end of the adipose fin free; body covered with black-brown dots of about pupil-size (Ref. 78218). Seegers, L. 2008 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) FB-Morphology-64327 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-08-09 00:00:00 2008-08-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64327 Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analsoft rays: 12 Seegers, L. 2008 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) FB-Distribution-64327 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-08-09 00:00:00 2014-03-21 20:48:12 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64327 Africa: known from the Ruvu and probably also the Rufiji drainage in Tanzania (Ref. 78218). Seegers, L. 2008 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) FB-Size-64327 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Nicolas Bailly 2008-08-04 00:00:00 2024-03-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64327 8.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 78218)) Seegers, L. 2008 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) 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-64327 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-08-04 00:00:00 2024-03-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64327 demersal; freshwater