FB-62281 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62281 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Cottoidei Liparidae Careproctus Careproctus dubius Zugmayer, 1911 2005-10-18 2024-06-21 Norris, S.M.0 A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of May 2005. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in May 2005. (Ref. 54621) Seegers, L.0 The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany. 604 p. (Ref. 78218) Decru, E.0 The ichthyofauna in the Central Congo basin: diversity and distribution in the north-eastern tributaries. KULeuven, Faculty of Science, Leuven (Belgium), 303p. (Ref. 106290) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62288 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-19 16:30:33 2006-07-19 16:30:33 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62288 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: 44-45 vertebrae; caudal saddle and bar pattern absent; 5 pelvic-fin rays; usually a single pore between inner mental barbels; lateral line rarely less than 33% SL, most commonly 33-36% SL; body faintly and sparsely spotted (Ref. 44050).Description: body elongate, fusiform, almost vermine; paired fins small; eyes small and inconspicuous; 18-19 abdominal vertebrae; 25-26 caudal vertebrae; 18 caudal-fin rays (arrangement ii-7-7-ii) (Ref. 44050).Coloration: body and head faintly bicolored; dorsum and flank brown, venter tan; relatively few small spots (up to 1-2 times an eye diameter) scattered across dorsum and flank; paired fins clear; caudal and anal fins pigmented in about the same shade as the dorsum/flank pigment, or slightly darker; caudal fin with ill-defined pale distal margin in adults and no pale basal crescent; juveniles pigmented largely as adults, without caudal saddle and bar pattern (Ref. 44050). Norris, S.M. 2002 A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) FB-Morphology-62288 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-19 16:30:33 2006-07-19 16:30:33 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62288 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 12; Vertebrae: 44 - 45 Norris, S.M. 2002 A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) FB-Distribution-62288 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-10-21 00:00:00 2016-02-03 22:28:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62288 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: Kagala River near Aketi (Itimbiri tributary, middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 44050, 78218). Norris, S.M. 2002 A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) FB-Size-62288 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-10-21 00:00:00 2024-03-25 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=62288 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 11.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 44050)) Norris, S.M. 2002 A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) 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#Size 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-62288 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-10-21 00:00:00 2024-03-25 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=62288 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats demersal; freshwater