Parauchenoglanis
monkei (Keilback, 1910)
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| Relevant
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Nocturnal and crepuscular
and preys on insect larvae, crustaceans, and small fishes. This
catfish is also known as Parauchenoglanis guttatus in
some publications but this is a ambiguous
synonym (a synonym with more than one meaning). The two synotypes
(Pimelodus guttatus Lönnberg, 1895) ZMUU 567 at
the Swedish Museum of Natural History have apparently been lost.
Preserved specimens are brown or greyish brown with (4)5-6(7)
dark bars on the flanks. In some specimens these bars are formed
of large confluent blotches. Small spots may be present between
the bands. The degree of pigmentation shows intraspecific variation. |
| Common
Name: |
Dotted catfish
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| Synonyms: |
Auchenoglanis fasciatus,
Auchenoglanis monkei, Auchenoglanis guttatus (ambiguous synonym),
Pimelodus guttatus, Parauchenoglanis fasciatus, Parauchenoglanis
guttatus (ambiguous synonym), Parauchenoglanis loennbergi,
Parauchenoglanis lönnbergi. |
| Family: |
Claroteidae blycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Africa:
Ouémé River, Benin, to the Sanaga River, Cameroon.
Type locality: river N’Dian [Cameroon]. |
| Size:
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25cm.
(10ins) |
| Temp: |
24-28°C
(75-83°F) |
| p.H. |
6.0-7.5. |
| Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J.
Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628.
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.
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Family:
Claroteidae
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