FB-9627 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9627 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Mochokidae Synodontis Synodontis steindachneri Boulenger, 1913 施氏歧须鮠 施氏歧鬚鮠 1994-04-22 2024-04-16 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) 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) 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. 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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. 81251) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-9627 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-22 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9627 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Oviparous (Ref. 205). Maximum total length reported 20.3 cm (Ref. 3202). Gosse, J.-P. 1986 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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-9627 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-04 00:00:00 2017-10-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9627 Diagnosis: mandibular barbels with numerous ramifications, branches rather long and not thickened; base of adipose fin at most 3.6 times distance between dorsal fin and base of adipose fin; head and body more or less spotted; interorbital distance at most 86.6% of snout length; maxillary barbels typically with a large, dark, basal membrane; 28-33 movable mandibular teeth; postocular length at least 60% of snout length; maxillary barbel 0.8-2.2 times HL; entire margin of opercle smooth; caudal fin without single dark patch at base of each fin lobe; dorsal spine prolonged by a short filament, without serrations along anterior edge (except a few distally), but strongly serrate along posterior edge; caudal fin spotted (Ref. 81251).Description: mandibular barbels simple, internal pair broad and branched; snout large and subrounded; lips not developed, and papillate; humeral process slightly keeled, granular and pointed; adipose fin short and not deep; anal fin with anterior ray longer; pectoral spine strongly serrated with twice the number of serrations along anterior edge than posterior; pelvic fin not reaching to anal fin; caudal fin deeply forked, with upper lobe slightly longer; caudal peduncle as long as deep (Ref. 81251).Coloration: grey or dark brownish, also ventrally; more or less spotted, also on head and fins, which may be darker (Ref. 81251). Fermon, Y., J. Friel, H.H. Ng and D. De Weirdt 2007 Mochokidae. p. 698-752. 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. 81251) FB-Morphology-9627 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-04 00:00:00 2017-10-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9627 Dorsal spines (total): 1; Analspines: 0 Fermon, Y., J. Friel, H.H. Ng and D. De Weirdt 2007 Mochokidae. p. 698-752. 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. 81251) FB-Distribution-9627 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-22 00:00:00 2017-10-04 18:33:27 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9627 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: endemic to the Nyong River in Cameroon (Ref. 81251). Gosse, J.-P. 1986 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) FB-LifeCycle-9627 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1994-04-22 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=9627&StockCode=9948 Oviparous (Ref. 205). Distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-Size-9627 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-22 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=9627 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 14.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 81251)) Fermon, Y., J. Friel, H.H. Ng and D. De Weirdt 2007 Mochokidae. p. 698-752. 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. 81251) 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#Threats 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-9627 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-22 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=9627 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat benthopelagic; freshwater