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Malapterurus oguensis Sauvage, 1879
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Relevant Information: |
Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays:
8 - 10; Vertebrae: 38 - 40. Diagnosis: tooth patches narrow;
vertically based pectoral fin positioned near body mid-depth;
6-7 branched caudal-fin rays; 8 (rarely 7 or 9) pectoral-fin
rays; 3 ventral unbranched caudal-fin rays; dorsum, flank
and head unspotted; caudal saddle and bar pattern intensely
expressed with wide, dark and well defined saddle that extends
onto the anal fin, with no interruption between saddle and
anal-fin pigment fields (in all other species with a caudal
saddle there is a clear break in pigment between the saddle
and the anal fin pigmentation); venter unpigmented; 4-14 gill-rakers;
38-40 vertebrae. |
Common
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None |
Synonyms: |
Malapterurus electricus
oguensis |
Family: |
Malapteruridaelycipitidae |
Distribution: |
Africa: known
from the Ogôoué basin, Nyanga River and Kouilou-Niari
system (Cameroon to Gabon) |
Size:
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21.5cm.SL
(8½ins) |
Temp: |
23
-30°C (73 -87°F) |
p.H. |
6.5 -7.2. |
Reference: |
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., 289:155 p |
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