Malapterurus minjiriya Sagua, 1987

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Malopterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) (part.) : Boulenger, 1911 a : 511 (misidentification)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Howes, 1985 : 40 (misidentification)The phylogenetic relationships of the electric catfish family Malapteruridae (Teleostei: Siluroidei)..
Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) : Norman, 1935 a : 221 (misidentification)A collection of fishes from the Ashanti forest, Gold Coast. | Sagua, 1979 Observations on the food and feeding habits of the African electric catfish Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin)..
Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) (part) : Howes, 1985 : 40 (misidentification)The phylogenetic relationships of the electric catfish family Malapteruridae (Teleostei: Siluroidei)..
Malapterurus minjiriya : Sagua, 1987 : 76-88, fig. 1On a new species of electric catfish from Kainji, Nigeria, with some observations on its biology. | Lévêque et al., 1991 : 136Annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of the Nilo-sudan river basins, in Africa. | Teugels, 1992 a : 49827. Clariidae. | Paugy et al., 1994 : 62Faune ichtyologique des eaux douces d'Afrique de l'Ouest. | Golubtsov et al., 1995 : 14An artificial key to fish species of Gabela Region (The White Nile basin in the limits of Ethiopia). | Poll & Gosse, 1995 : 89Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. | Burgess & Finley, 1996 : 165An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes: Update. | Golubtsov & Berendzen, 1999 : 492Morphological evidence for the occurrence of two electric catfishes (Malapterurus) species in the White Nile and Omo-Turkana systems (East Africa). | Roberts, 2000 : 8A review of the African electric catfish family Malapteruridae, with descriptions of new species. | Norris, 2002 : 97-100, fig. 57, 58A 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. | Norris, 2003 a : 185-187, fig. 29.829. Malapteruridae. | Fagbenro et al., 2005 a : 297-300Haematological profile of Parachanna (Channa) obscura Gnther 1861, Malapterurus electricus Gmelin 1789 and Malapterurus minjiriya Sagua 1987. | Ferraris, 2007 : 302Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 288, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance..

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Colour pattern : Norris, 2002 | Norris, 2003 | Sagua, 1987 | Seegers, 2008 .
Common names : Mijiriya (Hausa: Nigeria), Toru-uma (Ijo: Nigeria), Mu'u (Kanuri: Nigeria), Dondoro (Nupe: Nigeria), Ojiji (Yoruba: Nigeria) .
Current distribution known : known from Niger River and Volta River system. Also in the White Nile (Barro and Alvero Rivers), and Omo River .
Food habits : nocturnal piscivorous .
Habitat / home range : commonly found offshore in open waters .
Haematology : Fagbenro et al., 2005a .
Morphology / anatomy : Norris, 2002 | Norris, 2003 | Sagua, 1987 | Seegers, 2008 .
Osteology : Howes, 1985 .
Phylogeny : Howes, 1985 .
Reproduction : breeds at high water (September to November) .
Reproduction_references : Norris, 2002 .
Size : 510 mm SL .
Types :
- Malapterurus minjiriya Sagua, 1987: 78-85, fig. 1. Type locality: Lake Kainji, Nigeria. Holotype BMNH 1979. 3.5.405; paratypes BMNH 1979. 3.5.406-408, Department of Zoology Museum N° ZM/UI/P 1883-1888.
Use and trade : collected for international research and the aquarium trade, and it is consumed in some localities .