Parailia somalensis (Vinciguerra, 1897) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : De Vos, 1995 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Common names : Somalia glass catfish (English), Somaliankuultomonni (Finnish), Mpawa Rukanga (Pokomo: Kenya) .
  • Current distribution known : only known from the Ganana (= Juba) system (Somalia) and Tana River (Kenya) .
  • Distribution_references : De Vos, 1995 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Food habits : feeds on small crustaceans .
  • Food habits_references : De Vos, 1995 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Habitat / home range : probably a schooling species confined to rather large river systems .
  • Habitat_references : De Vos, 1995 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : De Vos, 1995 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Osteology : De Vos, 1995 .
  • Reproduction_references : Breder & Rosen, 1966 .
  • Size : 67 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Ailia somalensis Vinciguerra, 1897 b: 436. Type locality: "Lugh, Fl. Ganana, Somaliland". Syntypes MSNG (4) n° 14.612 and BMNH (1) n° 1961.5.3: 12.
    • Physailia somalensis tanensis Whitehead, 1962 e: 101, fig. 2. Type locality: "Tana River, at Hola, Kenya". Holotype BMNH n° 1961.5.3: 7; paratypes (4) BMNH n° 1961.5.3: 8-11 and MSNG (1).
  • Use and trade : usually smoked or sun-dried, after which they are very tasty and may fetch high prices .
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : De Vos, 1995 .