Malapterurus occidentalis Norris, 2002

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Malopterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) : Boulenger, 1900 d : 515 (misidentification)List of the fishes collected by Mr. J. S. Budgett in the river Gambia. | Boulenger, 1907 i : 98 (misidentification)List of the fishes collected by Mr. J. S. Budgett in the river Gambia, with notes by J. S. Budgett..
Malopterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) (part.) : Boulenger, 1916 a : 324 (misidentification)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History)..
Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) : Svensson, 1933 : 81 (misidentification)Fresh-water fishes from the Gambia river (British West Africa). Results of the Swedish expedition 1931. | Johnels, 1954 : 396 (misidentification)Notes on fishes from the Gambia river. | Johnels, 1956 On the origin of the electric organ in Malapterurus electricus. | Daget, 1960 b : 618 (misidentification)La faune ichthyologique du bassin de la Gambie. | Daget, 1961 h : 510 (misidentification)Contribution à la connaissance de la faune du fleuve Sénégal. Poissons du Baoulé et du Bakoy. | Condamin & Roy, 1968 : 40 (misidentification)Parc national du Niokolo Koba, Fascicule III. Vue d'ensemble sur la faune et le peuplement animal..
Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) (part) : Lévêque et al., 1989 : 110, 119 (misidentification)Inventaire taxinomique et distribution des poissons d'eau douce des bassins côtiers de Guinée et de Guinée Bissau..
Malapterurus occidentalis : Norris, 2002 : 73-75, fig. 40A 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 : 186-189, fig. 29.1029. Malapteruridae. | 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 | Seegers, 2008 .
Current distribution known : known from the middle Gambia River (Gambia) and the Geba River (Guinea-Bissau) .
Morphology / anatomy : Norris, 2002 | Norris, 2003 | Seegers, 2008 .
Reproduction_references : Johnels, 1954 | Svensson, 1933 .
Size : 320 mm SL .
Types :
- Malapterurus occidentalis Norris, 2002: 73-75, fig. 40. Type locality: McCarthy Island, Gambia (13°32'N-14°46'E). Holotype BMNH 1901.12.28.77; paratypes: BMNH 1901.12.28.78-79, 1912.4.1.138, USNM 320434.
Use and trade : part of the aquarium trade .