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Malapteruridae (Electric catfishes)
Etymology: Malapterurus: Greek, mala = a lot of + Greek, pteron = fin + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335); thysi: Named for the Belgian ichthyologist Dirk Thys van den Audenaerde, former director of the Royal Museum of Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) (Ref. 44050).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical
Africa: Cess (=Nipoué) and Cavally rivers in Western Ivory Coast (Ref. 44050, 57130).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm SL (female)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais (total) : 0; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 7 - 9; Vértebras: 38 - 41. Diagnosis: tooth patches broad, semi-circular; pectoral fins placed low on body; 7-9 anal-fin rays; 20 caudal-fin rays (arrangement ii-7-8-iii, rarely ii-7-8-ii); 1-2 gill-rakers on upper branch of first arch; 38-41 vertebrae; caudal saddle and bar strongly developed; caudal saddle generally composed of concentrations of spots and blotches; caudal bar confined to base of caudal fin, not extending onto the caudal peduncle; body brown or tan; caudal fin darkly and solidly pigmented without pale basal crescent; lower lip, underside of head and mental barbels unpigmented or lightly pigmented (Ref. 44050).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00451 - 0.02792), b=3.00 (2.79 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).
