Phractolaemus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Bioaccumulation / pollution : Wangboje et al., 2017 .
  • Breathing / respiration : facultative or obligate air-breathing. Swim bladder entirely alveolar, functioning like a lung; this adaptation to aerial breathing allows the fish to survive under poor oxygenation conditions; recorded from nearly deoxygenated lungfish nest in Pool Malebo, Democratic Republic of the Congo .
  • Chromosomes : Vasil'ev, 1980 | Vervoort, 1979 .
  • Colour pattern : Lévêque, 1990b | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003b .
  • Common names : Mudskip (Creole English: Cameroon), Bahnicek africky / Velkosupinac Ansorguv (Czech), Slangemudderfisk (Danish), Blood fish / Bloodfish / Hingemouth (English), Lontkala (Estonian), Liejukala (Finnish), Poisson de vase (French), Afrikanischer Schlammfisch (German), Okongo / Okwon (Ijo: Nigeria), Botehele (Kele: Democratic Republic of the Congo), Botchele [Kele (Ya Okandja): Democratic Republic of the Congo], Botchele [Lombo (Olombo): Democratic Republic of the Congo], Lombembe [Other (Eso (Topoke): Democratic Republic of the Congo], Botchele [So (Eso ): Democratic Republic of the Congo], Slamfisk (Swedish), Ogidigbi / Osigbi (Yoruba: Nigeria) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : King, 1996 .
  • Current distribution known : in West Africa from Lake Nokoué (Ouémé River, Benin) to Cross River (Cameroon) including the Ogun, Osse and Niger Delta. Also in the middle Congo River basin in Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo .
  • Distribution_references : Lévêque, 1990b | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003b .
  • Ecology : Brien, Poll & Bouillon, 1959 b | Brüning, 1912 | Gosse, 1963 | Holly, Meinken & Rachow, 1928 | Jürgens, 1910 | Jürgens, 1939 | Kohler, 1906 | Pfeiffer, 1967 | Poll, 1959 c .
  • Food habits : microphagous, especially phytophagous (epiphytes), and detritiphagous .
  • Food habits_references : Odum & Anuta, 2001 .
  • Habitat / home range : lives in forest pools and swamps .
  • Histology / histopathology : Danguy et al., 1985 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Danguy et al., 1985 | Derscheid, 1923 | Gosline, 1971 | Gregory, 1933 | Lévêque, 1990b | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003b | Poyato-Ariza et al., 2010 | Stiassny et al., 2021 | Thys van den Audenaerde, 1959 | Thys van den Audenaerde, 1961 b .
  • Myology : Poyato-Ariza et al., 2010 .
  • Osteology : Géry, 1962 | Poyato-Ariza et al., 2010 | Ridewood, 1905 b | Thys van den Audenaerde, 1961 b .
  • Phylogeny : Poyato-Ariza et al., 2010 .
  • Reproduction : gonads, which are largely fused, are situated ventrally, not dorsally, in abdominal cavity. Eggs transparent, yellow-greenish, 1.5-1.7mm diameter; large females may have several thousands of eggs. Males and females have lateral tubercles on their body which probably aid in maintaining contact during spawning .
  • Size : 250 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Phractolaemus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 l: 6-7, pl. II. Type locality "Sapelle station, at the junction of the Ethiop and Jamieson River ... at the mouth of the Ethiop River close to the bank". Holotype BMNH n° 1901. 1.28: 1; paratypes BMNH 1901.1.28: 2-4 (3).
    • Phractolaemus spinosus carpenteri Fowler, 1949: 242. Type locality: "Eight miles south of Oka, Congo system, French Equatorial Africa. Holotype ANSP n° 71.873; paratypes ANSP n° 71.874-71.875 and 71.899 (3).
    • Phractolaemus spinosus Pellegrin, 1925 a: 550-551. Type locality: "... à Ouesso (Afrique équatoriale française)" Holotype MNHN n° 25.122; paratypes MNHN n° 25.123-127 (5).