Malapterurus shirensis Roberts, 2000

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Malopterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) : Peters, 1868 a : 41 (misidentification)Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Zoologie. IV. Flussfische. | Peters, 1868 b : 121 (misidentification)Ueber den in Moçambique vorkommenden Zitterwels Malapterurus electricus. | Martens (von), 1869 : 142 (misidentification)Uebersicht der Ostafrikanischen Süswasserfische. Hauptsächlich nach Playfair-Günther's "Fishes of Zanzibar", 1866, und Peters' "Reise nach Mossambique", Zoologie IV, 1868..
Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) : Worthington, 1933 a : 313 (misidentification)The fishes of lake Nyasa (other than Cichlidae). | Worthington, 1933 b : 50 (misidentification)The fishes (other than Cichlidae) of lake Bangweulu and adjoining regions, including descriptions of three new species. | Ricardo-Bertram et al., 1942 : 111 (misidentification)Report on the fish and fisheries of Lake Nyasa. | Jubb, 1952 b : 5, fig. 28 (misidentification)Notes on freshwater fishes in Southern Rhodesia. | Jubb, 1954 b : 697 (misidentification)A note on a collection of freshwater fishes being prepared for the Queen Victoria Museum. | Jackson, 1961 a : 543 (misidentification)Check-list of the fishes of Nyasaland. | Jubb, 1961 b : 121, pl. 67 (misidentification)An illustrated guide to the freshwater fishes of the Zambezi river, Lake Kariba, Pungwe, Sabi, Lundi and Limpopo rivers. | Da Costa, 1963 : 22 (misidentification)Generos de peixes das aguas interiores de Moçambique. | Jubb, 1963 c : 29 (misidentification)A revised list of the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. | Bell-Cross, 1965 a : 41 (misidentification)Additions and amendments to the check list of the fishes of Zambia. | Bell-Cross, 1966 a : 13 (misidentification)The distribution of fishes in Central Africa. | Jubb, 1967 a : 150, fig. 169 (misidentification)Freshwater fishes of southern Africa. | Balon, 1972 a : 5 (misidentification)Man-made creation, Lake Kariba on Zambezi River. Assessment of fish production and justification for ecosystem change. | Balon, 1972 b : 54, fig (misidentification)Possible fish stock size assessment and available production survey as developed on Lake Kariba. | Bell-Cross, 1972 b : 6, 12 (misidentification)The fish fauna of the Zambesi River system. | Bell-Cross, 1973 a : 9 (misidentification)The fish fauna of the Buzi River system in Rhodesia and Moçambique. | Bell-Cross, 1973 b : 9 (misidentification)Fishes. | Balon, 1974 a : 65, fig (misidentification)Fishes of Lake Kariba, Africa. | Balon, 1974 b : 655 (misidentification)Fishes of the edge of Victoria Falls, Africa : demise of a physical barrier for downstream invasions. | Balon, 1974 c : 258 (misidentification)Fish production of a tropical ecosystem. | Balon, 1974 d : 429 (misidentification)Total production; available production and yield of major fish taxa from lake Kariba. | Bell-Cross, 1976 a : 181 (misidentification)The fishes of Rhodesia. | Bell-Cross, 1976 d : 11 (misidentification)The distribution of fishes in Rhodesian River Systems. | Bell-Cross, 1976 e : 5 (misidentification)Check-list of Rhodesian fish fauna including internationally accepted common names. | Bowmaker et al., 1978 : 1222 (misidentification)Freshwater fishes. | Mitchell, 1978 : 170 (misidentification)The diurnal activity patterns and depth zonation of marginal fish as shown by gillnetting in Lake Kariba. | Tweddle & Willoughby, 1979 a : 18, 21 (misidentification)2. An annotated checklist of the fish fauna of the river Shire South of Kapachira Falls, Malawi. | Minshull, 1980 : 4, 8 (misidentification)Angling and spearfishing records -Zimbabwe Rhodesia freshwater fishes. | Bruton et al., 1982 : 56 (misidentification)Pocket guide to the freshwater fishes of Southern Africa. | Bell-Cross & Minshull, 1988 : 207 (misidentification)The fishes of Zimbabwe. | Brichard, 1989 : 488 (upper photograph only) (misidentification)Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika. | Skelton, 1993 b : 238-239, fig. (misidentification)A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. | Skelton, 1994 : 129 (misidentification)Diversity and distribution of freshwater fishes in East and Southern Africa..
Malapterurus shirensis : Roberts, 2000 : 10A review of the African electric catfish family Malapteruridae, with descriptions of new species. | Skelton, 2001 : 238-239, fig.A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. | Skelton, 2002 : 173Changes to the scientific and common names of southern African freshwater fishes. | Ferraris, 2007 : 302Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Kramer & van der Bank, 2011 : 2670The Victoria Falls, a species boundary for the Zambezi Parrotfish, Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852), and the resurrection of Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936) (Mormyridae: Teleostei). | Marshall, 2011 : 169-170, fig.The fishes of Zimbabwe and their biology..
Malapterurus zambezensis : Norris, 2002 : 44-47, fig. 21 (junior synonym)A 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 : 302 (questionably a synonym of Malapterurus shirensis) (junior synonym)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 290 (junior synonym)The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance..

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Colour pattern : Marshall, 2011 | Norris, 2002 | Roberts, 2000 | Seegers, 2008 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
Common names : Electric catfish / Zambezi electric catfish (English) .
Current distribution known : middle and lower Zambezi, Pungwe and lower Save .
Food habits / trophic level : primarly piscivorous, but feeds also on other aquatic animals .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Marshall, 2011 .
Habitat / home range : found in main channels of large rivers where it prefers hiding during the day in root stocks and under rocks .
Habitat_references : Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
Morphology / anatomy : Marshall, 2011 | Norris, 2002 | Roberts, 2000 | Seegers, 2008 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
Reproduction_references : Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
Size : 372 mm SL .
Types :
- Malapterurus shirensis Roberts, 2000: 10. Type locality: Chiromo, lower Shire River. Holotype BMNH 1921.9.6.53; paratypes: BMNH 1921.9.6.54, 1932.12.16.622.
- Malapterurus zambezensis Norris, 2002: 44-47, fig. 21. Type locality: Zambezi River drainage, Lake Kariba at Andora Harbor, Zambia/Zimbabwe. Holotype MRAC 187094; paratypes AMG 2150, BMNH 1921.9.6.53, 1932.12.16.522, UMMZ 189169.
Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .