Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Vreven, 2003 .
  • Common names : Muchili (Bemba: Zambia) / Mukongo [Chokwe (Tshokwe): Angola] / Spiny eel (English) / Kongonpuikkokala (Finnish) .
  • Current distribution known : widespread throughout the Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Angola, Central African Republic and Zambia. Also reported from the lower Chari-Logone system (Lake Chad basin) in Chad .
  • Distribution_references : Vreven, 2003 .
  • Genetics : Kanu et al., 2022 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 | Taverne, 1973 b | Taverne, 1980 | Travers, 1984 a | Travers, 1984 b | Vreven, 2003 | Vreven, 2005a .
  • Phylogeny : Kanu et al., 2022 .
  • Size : 435 mm SL, 450 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896 a: 311. Type locality: "Upper Congo, some 50 miles south of Mangala". Holotype BMNH n° 1896.3.9: 4.
    • Mastacembelus signatus Boulenger, 1905 e: 647. Type locality: "Lake Bangwelo". Holotype BMNH n° 1905.11.10: 13| Boulenger, 1911 n: 20.
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Vreven, 2005a .