Petrocephalus bane (Lacépède, 1803) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Bigorne, 1990a .
  • Common names : Ras el hagar / Ras el hajar (Arabic), Rypoun bane (Czech), Akonthok / Yar akuth [Dinka, Northeastern (Dinka): Sudan], Bane mormyrid (English), Harilik kivipeakala (Estonian), Hopeanuijakala (Finnish), Faya (Hausa: Nigeria), Okpukpu (Ijo: Nigeria), Suwun (Kanuri: Nigeria), Sehel / Sial / Siel (Kim: Chad), Elugi (Nupe: Nigeria), Aben (Shilluk: Sudan), Kpete (Zande: Sudan) .
  • Current distribution known : occurs in Comoé, Gambia, Niger (including Benue), Chad, Volta, Cross and Nile basins .
  • Distribution_references : Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne & Paugy, 1991 | Daget & Iltis, 1965 .
  • Food habits : mainly insectivorous, feeding on the bottom and in vegetation .
  • Food habits_references : Bailey, 1994 | Hickley & Bailey, 1987 .
  • Habitat_references : Bailey, 1994 .
  • Migration / movement : Bénech & Quensière, 1985 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Bigorne & Paugy, 1991 | Greenwood, 1971b | Orts, 1967 .
  • Osteology : Gregory, 1933 | Taverne, 1972 | Taverne, 1974b .
  • Reproduction_references : Bailey, 1994 | Bénech & Quensière, 1985 .
  • Size : 200 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Déquémé Rifaud, 1836: pl. 217, n° 2.
    • Mormyrus bane Lacépède, 1803: 620. Type locality: "Nil". Holotype MNHN 908.
    • Mormyrus dequesne Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846: 281. Type locality: "Nil". Holotype MNHN n° A.9622; paratype MNHN A.909.
    • Mormyrus ehrenbergii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846: 283. Type locality: "Egypte". Holotype MNHN A.9623, paratype MNHN 9890.
    • Mormyrus joannisii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846: 282. Type locality: "Egypte". Holotype MNHN A.910.
    • Petrocephalus bane comoensis Mérona (de), 1979: 45, fig. 1. Type locality: "Comoe, Gansé. Côte d'Ivoire". Holotype MNHN 1979.164; paratypes MNHN 1979.165.
    • Petrocephalus bane tchadensis Blache & Miton, 1961: 395. Type locality: "Logone moyen à Gamsaye". Holotype MNHN 59.318.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .