FB-9417 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9417 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Amphiliidae Amphilius Amphilius pulcher Pellegrin, 1929 Koruimuevä 美丽平鳍鮠 美麗平鰭鮠 Amphilius pulcher ephippiata Pellegrin, 1930 1994-04-16 2024-04-16 Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels0 Amphiliidae. p. 54-65. 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. 3818) Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517) Anonymous0 Fish registrations within the museum database of the Vertebrate Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium. (Ref. 12818) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Varjo, M., L. Koli and H. Dahlström0 Kalannimiluettelo (versio 10/03). Suomen Biologian Seura Vanamo Ry. (Ref. 51086) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) 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-9417 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-06 00:00:00 2017-10-06 20:13:20 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9417 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Diagnosis: adipose fin large, its origin close to dorsal fin; pigmentation not in a banded pattern, colour pattern striking with varied dark brown patches and spots with clear white interspaces, caudal fin clear with narrow black bands; eyes widely spaced (interorbital width 2.3-3.7 times orbit diameter); origin of dorsal base less than head length behind head; dorsal base before origin of pelvic fins; dorsal fin rectangular with leading (simple) ray shorter than length of leading edge; caudal fin with 6+7 principal rays; caudal peduncle compressed, short, 5.7-6.4 times in SL, slightly longer than deep (length 1.3-1.5 times depth); snout long, half of head length; eyes placed equidistant from hind margin of head and tip of snout (mid-way along head)(Ref. 81646).Description: body moderately broad and deep anteriorly, tapering evenly to a compressed caudal peduncle; head short, 3.75-4.4 times in SL, and depressed, transverse profile gently rounded above and flat below; branchiostegal membrane deeply cleft mid-ventrally; mouth broad; lips thick and fleshy; jaw teeth caniniform in bands; barbels subequal to head length; nostrils in mid-snout, narrowly separated; eyes dorsal, small, widely spaced, confluent with head (no free orbital margins); fins well-developed; dorsal fin with 1 unbranched and 6 branched rays; pectorals with 1 unbranched ray and 8-9 branched rays, truncate posteriorly, fan-like with slender pectinate and padded lead ray and inner rays aligned vertically along body, not reaching base of pelvics; pelvics with 1 unbranched and 5 branched rays, truncated posteriorly not reaching base of anal, with slender padded and pectinate lead ray; anal fin with 1-3 unbranched and 4-6 branched rays, short based, not reaching caudal base, with 1-3 unbranched rays and 4-6 branched rays; caudal deeply emarginated to shallow forked, with crenellate fleshy pad over base; adipose fin large, shallow and gently arched, base extending from behind dorsal fin to behind anal base, close to caudal fin origin (Ref. 81646).Coloration: varies between individuals; characteristically with a striking pattern of contrasting dark brown patches and irregular marbled markings against cream or light brown spaces with 3-4 clear dark-edged saddles behind head, dorsal fin, and anteriorly and posteriorly on adipose fin; fins clear or lightly pigmented, caudal fin with varied dark spots forming a mid-band; ventral surfaces cream or very light brown (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-9417 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-06 00:00:00 2017-10-06 20:13:20 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9417 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-9417 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-16 00:00:00 2017-10-06 18:56:20 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9417 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Africa: Ogowe and Nyanga River systems in Gabon and the Kouilou and upper Ogowe in Republic of Congo (Ref. 81646). Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels 1986 Amphiliidae. p. 54-65. 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. 3818) FB-Size-9417 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-16 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9417 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 7.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (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-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/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 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-9417 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-16 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9417 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; freshwater