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Paradoxoglanis cryptus Norris, 2002

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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Only known from the type locality in the middle Congo River basin: R. Kagala, trib. of R. Itimbiri, right bank, 2°44'N, 23°46'E, Aketi, Congo (Ref. 44050). Also Ref. 78218.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Norris, S.M., 2002
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Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Malapteruridae (Electric catfishes)
Etymology: cryptus: From the Greek "kryptos" = hidden or secret, referring to the close superficial resemblance to P. parvus, but differing in sharply elevated vertebral counts (Ref. 44050).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

; süßwasser demersal.   Tropical

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

Africa: Kagala River near Aketi (Itimbiri tributary, middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 44050, 78218).

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.9 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 44050)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 10 - 12; Wirbelzahl: 44 - 45. 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).

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven

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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)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)


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