Carlarius latiscutatus (Günther, 1864) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Aquariology : ornamental and sometimes considered aquaria fish .
  • Colour pattern : Acero & Betancur-R, 2016 | Daget, 1992 | Daget, 2003 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Common names : Giant sea catfish / Guinean sea catfish / Rough-head sea catfish (English), Kokote / Blolo (Fon GBE: Benin), Mâchoiron de Gambie / Mâchoiron de Guinée / Mâchoiron géant (French), Foussabette (Jola-Fonyi: Senegal), Kounkélingho / Okhokhar (Mandinka: Senegal) | Sumik gambijski (Polish), Bagre / Bagre-da-Gâmbia / Peixe-gato (Portuguese), Bagre de Gambia / Bagre de Guinea / Bagre gigante (Spanish), Konkoé (Susu: Guinea), Daakak / Kong / Kong bou gnoul (Wolof: Senegal) .
  • Current distribution known : known from west-central Africa including the Niger River, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal and possibly Angola. One record from Fernando Poo .
  • Distribution_references : Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 .
  • Food habits : feeds on fish, benthic invertebrates, zooplankton and detritus. Wide range of diet including a high percentage of penaeid and other prawns, crabs, polychaetes, fish and molluscs .
  • Food habits_references : Longhurst, 1957 | Sidibé, 2003 .
  • Genetics : Betancur-R, 2009 .
  • Growth / growth performance : Conand et al., 1995 | Sidibé, 2003 .
  • Habitat / home range : mainly marine but frequently found in brackish estuaries, sometimes enters freshwater. Frequent in lagoons .
  • Habitat_references : Acero & Betancur-R, 2016 | Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Acero & Betancur-R, 2016 | Daget, 1992 | Daget, 2003 | Seegers, 2008 | Taylor & Van Dyke, 1981 .
  • Phylogeny : Betancur-R, 2009 .
  • Reproduction : eggs very few, spherical, very large (16-17 mm diameter); males practise buccal incubation during which it seems the species continues to feed .
  • Reproduction_references : Cadenat, 1950 c | Sidibé, 2003 .
  • Size : 850 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Arius lagoensis Pfaff, 1933: 274, 298, fig. 9-10. Type locality: " Lagos ". Holotype ZMUC n° 1.8.1928.87; paratype ZMUC n° 1.8.1928.88.
    • Arius latiscutatus Günther, 1864 a: 151 (part. ), fig. Type locality: " Fernando Po ". Lectotype (stuffed) BMNH n° 1864.2.26: 1.
    • Tachysurus gambensis (? non Pimelodus gambensis Bowdich, 1925 (Pimelodus gambensis S. Bowdich in T. E. Bowdich, 1825: 234, fig. 50. Type locality: " Gambia ". Holotype lost. It is evidently a species of the family Ariidae but the description is inadequate for identification with any species of this family and must be considered as a nomen dubium)).
  • Venom glands : the fish is venomous and can be dangerous to humans .