Malapterurus melanochir Norris, 2002

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Malopterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) (part.) : Pellegrin, 1928 e : 8 (misidentification)Poissons du Chiloango et du Congo recueillis par l'expédition du Dr. Schouteden (1920-1922). | Matthes, 1964 b : 125 (misidentification)Les poissons du lac Tumba et de la région d'Ikela. Etude systématique et écologique..
Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) (part) : David & Poll, 1937 : 239 (misidentification)Contribution à la faune ichthyologique du Congo belge : collections du Dr. H. Schouteden (1924-1926) et d'autres récolteurs. | Poll, 1939 e : 42 (misidentification)Les poissons du Stanley-Pool. | Poll, 1959 b : 199 (misidentification)Recherches écologiques sur la faune ichthyologique du Stanley-Pool. | Poll, 1959 c : 137 (misidentification)Recherches sur la faune ichthyologique de la Région du Stanley Pool. | Gosse, 1968 : 46 (misidentification)Les poissons du bassin de l'Ubangi..
Malaptuerurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) : Poll, 1948 a : 7 (misidentification)Poissons recueillis au Katanga par H.J. Bredo..
Malapterurus melanochir : Norris, 2002 : 109-111, fig. 65A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. | Ferraris, 2007 : 301Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 287, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. | Monsembula Iyaba & Stiassny, 2013 : 254Fishes of the Salonga National Park (Congo basin, central Africa): a list of species collected in the Luilaka, Salonga, and Yenge Rivers (Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo). | Decru, 2015 : 40The ichthyofauna in the Central Congo basin: diversity and distribution in the north-eastern tributaries. | Moelants, 2015 : 74Diversity and ecology of the ichthyofauna of the Middle and Upper Congo basin: a case-study in the region of the Wagenia falls (Democratic Republic of the Congo)..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Norris, 2002 | Seegers, 2008 .
Current distribution known : widely distributed in the central Congo River basin and in the upper Lualaba River system .
Morphology / anatomy : Norris, 2002 | Seegers, 2008 .
Size : 980 mm SL .
Types :
- Malapterurus melanochir Norris, 2002: 109-111, fig. 65. Typ locality: Ruki River at Eala, Congo River basin, Congo (00°04'N-18°20'E). Holotype MRAC 46166; paratypes: MRAC 23035, 104701-104702, 117781-117784, 164927-164929, 164977-164978.
Use and trade : harvested for the aquarium trade .