Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Chromosomes : Klinkhardt et al., 1995 .
  • Colour pattern : Jayaram, 1984 | Kailola, 1999 | Marceniuk et al., 2017 | Ng & Sparks, 2003b | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Common names : Tropiese seebaber (Afrikaans), Shim (Arabic), Blacktip sea catfish / Shupanga sea catfish / Tropical seacatfish (English), Mâchoiron pointes noires (French), Vaona (Malagasy), Bagre (Portuguese), Mpombwe (Sena: Mozambique), Bagre puntas negras (Spanish), Fumi / Hongwe (Swahili: Tanzania) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Al-Hassan et al., 1988 .
  • Current distribution known : occurs from Mozambique and Madagascar to the Persian Gulf, east to the Bay of Bengal to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia .
  • Distribution_references : Fricke et al., 2018 | Jayaram, 1984 | Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 | Ng & Spark, 2003a .
  • Food habits / trophic level : feeds on invertebrates and small fishes .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Al-Hassan et al., 1988 | Jayaram, 1984 .
  • Habitat / home range : found along the coast. Typically lives on sand and sand-mud bottom in marine coastal waters, entering estuaries; enters the lower parts of rivers of the east coast of Africa .
  • Habitat_references : Jayaram, 1984 | Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Al-Hassan et al., 1988 | Jayaram, 1984 | Kailola, 1999 | Marceniuk & Birindelli, 2010 | Marceniuk et al., 2012 | Marceniuk et al., 2017 | Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 | Ng & Sparks, 2003b | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Osteology : Al-Hassan et al., 1988 | Marceniuk et al., 2012 .
  • Phylogeny : Marceniuk et al., 2012 | Marceniuk et al., 2017 .
  • Reproduction_references : males incubate eggs in its mouth .
  • Size : 850 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Arius dussumieri Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840: 84. Type locality: " Côte de Malabar ". Holotype MNHN n° A. 9401.
    • Arius goniaspis Bleeker, 1857: 44. Type locality: Priaman, western Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes BMNH 1863.12.4.159.
    • Arius kirkii Günther, 1864 a: 163, fig. Type locality: " Shupanga, Zambesi ". Holotype (skin) BMNH n° 1864.1.9: 54.
  • Use and trade : marketed fresh and dried salted. Air bladder utilized for isinglass .
  • Venom glands : it has venomous dorsal and pectoral spines capable of causing injury .
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Marceniuk et al., 2017 .