Mastacembelus ellipsifer Boulenger, 1899

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Mastacembelus ellipsifer : Boulenger, 1899 i : 126, pl. 47, fig. 4Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo, 5ème partie: Cyprins, Silures, Cyrpinodontes, Acanthoptérygiens. | Boulenger, 1901 p : 141Third contribution to the ichthyology of lake Tanganika. Report on the collection of fishes made by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lakes Tanganika and Kivu during his second expedition, 1899-1900. | Boulenger, 1901 q : 491, 496, pl. 24, fig. 2Les poissons du bassin du Congo. | Moore, 1903 : 214The Tanganyika Problem. An account of the researches undertaken concerning the existence of marine animals in Central Afrika. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 59A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1906 k : 542, 576Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of lake Tanganika. Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the third Tanganika expedition 1904-1905. | Goffin, 1909 : 53, 1 fig.Les pêcheries et les poissons du Congo belge. | Boulenger, 1912 g : 201A synopsis of the fishes of the genus Mastacembelus. | Boulenger, 1916 a : 132, fig. 86Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Cunnington, 1920 : 529The fauna of the African lakes : a study in comparative limnology with special reference to Tanganyika. | David, 1936 a : 158Contribution à l'étude de la faune ichthyologique du Lac Tanganika. | David & Poll, 1937 : 275Contribution à la faune ichthyologique du Congo belge : collections du Dr. H. Schouteden (1924-1926) et d'autres récolteurs. | Poll, 1946 : 157, 246Révision de la faune ichthyologique du lac Tanganika. | Poll, 1953 a : 9, 19, 233Poissons non Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947). | Matthes, 1962 b : 80Poissons nouveaux ou intéressants du lac Tanganika et du Ruanda. | Bell-Cross & Kaoma, 1971 : 243Additions and amendments to the checklist of the fishes of Zambia. 3. | Brichard, 1978 d : 75Fishes of Lake Tanganyika. | Bernacsek, 1980 : 62Introduction to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. | Travers et al., 1986 : 416 (synonym of Afromastacembelus ellipsifer)70. Mastacembelidae. | Vreven, 2005 a : 357, 358, 359, 362, 365, 368Mastacembelidae (Teleostei; Synbranchiformes) subfamily division and African generic division: an evaluation. | Vreven & Snoeks, 2009 : 1019A new mastacembelid species from Lake Tanganyika: a case complex evolutionary history. | Brown et al., 2011 : 287, 290Pectoral fin loss in the Mastacembelidae: a new species from Lake Tanganyika. | Kanu et al., 2022 : 63, 64Molecular phylogenetic analysis of spiny eels (Mastacembelidae: Mastacembelus) from the Rokel River basin and adjacent areas of Sierra Leone,.
Afromastacembelus ellipsifer : Travers, 1984 b : 145 (senior synonym)A review of the Mastacembeloidei, a suborder of synbranchiform teleost fishes. Part II : Phylogenetic analysis. | Travers et al., 1986 : 416 (senior synonym)70. Mastacembelidae. | Eccles, 1992 : 83, 128, fig. (senior synonym)FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania..
Aethiomastacembelus ellipsifer : Coulter, 1991 : 266 (senior synonym)Composition of flora and fauna..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Tanganyika .
Genetics : Kanu et al., 2022 .
Habitat / home range : nearshore areas with rocky, sandy or muddy bottom. Recorded to depths of up to 50 m .
Morphology / anatomy : Travers, 1984 a | Travers, 1984 b | Vreven, 2005a .
Phylogeny : Kanu et al., 2022 .
Size : 450 mm TL .
Types :
- Mastacembelus ellipsifer Boulenger, 1899 f: 126, pl. 47, fig. 4. Type locality: "Albertville". Holotype MRAC n° 246.
Use and trade : may be of some interest to aquarists .
Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Vreven, 2005a .