FB-66072 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66072 Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Potamotrygonidae Plesiotrygon Plesiotrygon nana Carvalho & Ragno, 2011 Eastern sand catlet Leptoglanis rotundiceps (non Hilgendorf, 1905) Zaireichthys monomotapia Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011 Zaireichthys rhodesiensis Mo, 1991 2011-05-25 2024-03-18 Jubb, R.A.0 Freshwater fishes of Southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Cape Town. 248 p. (Ref. 13721) Tweddle, D., D.S.C. Lewis and N.G. Willoughby0 The nature of the barrier separating the Lake Malawi and Zambezi fish faunas. Ichthyol. Bull. Rhodes Univ. 39:1-9. (Ref. 37112) Tweddle, D. and N.G. Willoughby0 2. An annotated checklist of the fish fauna of the river Shire south of Kapachira Falls, Malawi. Ichthyol. Bull. Rhodes Univ. 39:11-22. (Ref. 39192) Skelton, P.H.0 A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Cape Town (South Africa): Struik Publishers, 395 p. (Ref. 52193) Jubb, R.A.0 An illustrated guide to the freshwater fishes of the Zambezi River, Lake Kariba, Pungwe, Sabi, Lundi, and Limpopo Rivers. Stuart manning, Bulawayo. 171 p. (Ref. 83372) Eccles, D.H., D. Tweddle and P.H. Skelton0 Eight new species in the dwarf catfish genus <i>Zaireichthys</i> (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae). Smithiana Bull. (13):3-28. (Ref. 86935) Marshall, B.0 The fishes of Zimbabwe and their biology. Smithiana Monogr. 3:290 p. (Ref. 94654) Skelton, P.H.0 Name changes and additions to the southern African freshwater fish fauna. Afr. J. Aquat. Sci. 2016:1-7. (Ref. 114605) Tweddle, D.0 The fishes of the Malawi northern region game reserves. Nyala 7(2):99-108. (Ref. 116667) FB-GeneralDescr-66081 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-26 00:00:00 2024-03-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66081 Found in flowing water with a sandy substrate; they do not adapt to dams and do not occur in Lake Kariba (Ref. 94654). They partly bury themselves in the sand, leaving only the head exposed, and snap at particles of food, such as minute aquatic animals (Ref. 94654). Eccles, D.H., D. Tweddle and P.H. Skelton 2011 Eight new species in the dwarf catfish genus <i>Zaireichthys</i> (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae). Smithiana Bull. (13):3-28. (Ref. 86935) FB-DiagnosticDescr-66081 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-26 00:00:00 2017-12-01 16:57:45 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66081 Diagnosis: This species differs from Zaireichthys conspicuus, Z. lacustris and Z. maravensis in the narrow premaxillary tooth patch and the long lateral line, extending beyond base of anal fin; from Z. kunenensis in the narrower premaxillary tooth patch and the greater number of branched caudal rays, 14-16 vs. 11-14; from Z. kavangoensis in the longer lateral line, extending beyond anal fin and usually past adipose vs. above anterior to middle of anal fin; from Z. kafuensis and Z. pallidus in the longer lateral line and the greater number of caudal rays, 14-16 vs. 9-13, and pectoral-fin rays, 7-8 vs. 5-7 (Ref. 86935).Description: Lateral line long, reaching beyond end of base of anal fin and usually past end of adipose; snout bluntly rounded, not protruding much beyond mouth; eye moderate; mouth less than half head width; barbels moderate or long, the maxillary reaching to the bases of the branched pectoral-fin rays (Ref. 86935). Dorsal fin II,6-7, usually 6; caudal fin moderately emarginate and with lower lobe usually appreciably longer than the upper, with 14-16 branched rays, with 6-7 in the upper and 8-9 in the lower lobe; anal fin with 10-12 rays, the first 4-6 simple; pectoral fins with 7-8, usually 7 branched rays, the spine bearing 5-9 barbs (Ref. 86935). Premaxillary tooth patch narrow and subrectangular; branchiostegal rays 6-8, usually 7; vertebrae 35-38, usually 37, plus the ural complex, the first haemal spine on the 14th-15th, usually 15th; ribs 6-8, usually 7, pairs, parapophyses often forked basally; humeral process pointed, usually ending about midway between supraoccipital process and first dorsal spine (Ref. 86935).Colouration: Ground colour pale brownish; head brownish; a series of darker bars across the dorsal surface of the body, often with paler centres on the lateral parts; about eight dark patches, often elongated, mid-laterally along the flanks, the first below the dorsal fin and the last at the end of the caudal peduncle; a third series of small faint spots ventro-laterally from above the pelvic to the caudal peduncle (Ref. 86935). Eccles, D.H., D. Tweddle and P.H. Skelton 2011 Eight new species in the dwarf catfish genus <i>Zaireichthys</i> (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae). Smithiana Bull. (13):3-28. (Ref. 86935) FB-Morphology-66081 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-26 00:00:00 2017-12-01 16:57:45 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66081 Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 12; Vertebrae: 35 - 38 Eccles, D.H., D. Tweddle and P.H. Skelton 2011 Eight new species in the dwarf catfish genus <i>Zaireichthys</i> (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae). Smithiana Bull. (13):3-28. (Ref. 86935) FB-Distribution-66081 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-26 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=66081 Africa: widespread in the tributaries of middle and lower Zambezi River, tributaries of Lake Malawi, Pungwe River, Buzi River and Save River (Ref. 86935, 94654). Eccles, D.H., D. Tweddle and P.H. Skelton 2011 Eight new species in the dwarf catfish genus <i>Zaireichthys</i> (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae). Smithiana Bull. (13):3-28. (Ref. 86935) FB-TrophicStrategy-66081 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2017-12-01 17:08:29 2017-12-01 17:08:29 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ monomotapa Found in flowing water with a sandy substrate; they do not adapt to dams and do not occur in Lake Kariba (Ref. 94654). They partly bury themselves in the sand, leaving only the head exposed, and snap at particles of food, such as minute aquatic animals (Ref. 94654). Marshall, B. 2011 The fishes of Zimbabwe and their biology. Smithiana Monogr. 3:290 p. (Ref. 94654) FB-Size-66081 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-26 00:00:00 2024-03-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66081 3.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 86935)); 4.12 cm SL (female) Eccles, D.H., D. Tweddle and P.H. Skelton 2011 Eight new species in the dwarf catfish genus <i>Zaireichthys</i> (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae). Smithiana Bull. (13):3-28. (Ref. 86935) 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-66081 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-26 00:00:00 2024-03-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66081 benthopelagic; freshwater