FB-5063 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5063 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Osteoglossiformes Notopteridae Papyrocranus Papyrocranus afer (Günther, 1868) Notopterus africký Nožovec africký Sortagtig knivbladfisk Afrikanischer Fähnchen Messerfisch Feather back Reticulate knifefish Aafrika papüüruskala Tummateräkala Verkkoteräkala Zalazo Ndanyei Sèr Lakoro Bantara Canda planty Djuéfoin Dogba Fak Gouprake Kudamgba Obroba Pami 非洲駝背魚 非洲驼背鱼 Notopterus afer Günther, 1868 Notopterus afer congensis (non Nichols & LaMonte, 1932) Papyrochranus afer (Günther, 1868) Paryrocranus afer (Günther, 1868) 1992-02-14 1999-03-03 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Boulenger, G.A.0 Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Printed by order of the Trustees, London. 373 p. (Ref. 1878) Boulenger, G.A.0 Les poissons du bassin du Congo. 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(Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-5063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-02-14 00:00:00 1999-03-03 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=5063 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Prefers calm waters with dense vegetation. Roberts, T.R. 1992 Systematic revision of the old world freshwater fish family Notopteridae. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 2(4):361-383. (Ref. 7431) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-06-08 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5063 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses With 35-45 ventral spines; head 5.0-5.1 times SL; eye diameter 4.6-5.3 times head length; length of nasal tentacle twice the eye diameter. Caudal vertebrae 63-69 (Ref. 7431). Bigorne, R. 1990 Notopteridae. p. 119-121. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. tome 1. Faune Trop. 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and ORSTOM, Paris. (Ref. 2917) FB-Morphology-5063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-06-08 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5063 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 2; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 113 - 141 Bigorne, R. 1990 Notopteridae. p. 119-121. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. tome 1. Faune Trop. 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and ORSTOM, Paris. (Ref. 2917) FB-Distribution-5063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-02-14 00:00:00 2018-04-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5063 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Africa: Niger basin (upper Niger, Benue and Niger Delta), most coastal river basins from Senegal and Gambia eastward to include the Tano and Prah basins in Ghana, and the Cross and Sanaga basins east of the Niger delta (Ref. 7431). Absent from the Volta basin, Chad, Ogooué, Kwilu-Niari or Chiloango basins (Ref. 7431). Roberts, T.R. 1992 Systematic revision of the old world freshwater fish family Notopteridae. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 2(4):361-383. (Ref. 7431) FB-Uses-5063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-02-14 00:00:00 1999-03-03 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5063 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: commercial Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1991 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p. (Ref. 2059) FB-Size-5063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-02-14 00:00:00 1999-03-03 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=5063 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 80.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 7431)); max. published weight: 1,320 g (Ref. 3516) Roberts, T.R. 1992 Systematic revision of the old world freshwater fish family Notopteridae. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 2(4):361-383. (Ref. 7431) Daget, J. 1984 Notopteridae. p. 61-62. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3516) 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-5063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-02-14 00:00:00 1999-03-03 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=5063 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy demersal; freshwater; pH range: 6.5; dH range: 10