Lophiobagrus cyclurus (Worthington & Ricardo, 1936)

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Chrysichthys cyclurus : Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b : 1093 (part.) (senior synonym)The fish of Lake Tanganyika (other than Cichlidae). | Poll, 1946 : 214 (senior synonym)Révision de la faune ichthyologique du lac Tanganika. | Poll, 1950 b : 123 (senior synonym)Histoire du peuplement et origine des espèces de la faune ichthyologique du lac Tanganika. | Poll, 1952 g : 119 (senior synonym)Résultats scientifiques de l'Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-47). Introduction : les vertébrés. | Poll, 1953 a : 141 (senior synonym)Poissons non Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947). | Jayaram, 1966 : 1082 (senior synonym)Contributions to the study of the fishes of the family Bagridae. A systematic account of the African genera with a new classification of the family..
Lophiobagrus cyclurus : Poll, 1953 a : 141, fig. 13 E, 15 BPoissons non Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947). | Poll, 1957 a : 111, fig. 195Les genres des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. | Matthes, 1962 a : 5L'exploration sous-lacustre du lac Tanganika. | Breder & Rosen, 1966 : 640-641Modes of reproduction in fishes. | Bell-Cross & Kaoma, 1971 : 241Additions and amendments to the checklist of the fishes of Zambia. 3. | Brichard, 1978 b : 204Un inventaire des poissons du Cap Chopimbi Lac Tanganyka (Zambie). | Bernacsek, 1980 : 34Introduction to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. | Finley, 1982 c : 49Lophiobagrus cyclurus (Worthington and Ricardo). A Lake Tanganyikan Dwarf Bagrid Catfish. | Bailey & Stewart, 1984 : 20, fig. 5a, 6a, 7Bagrid catfishes from Lake Tanganyika with a key and descriptions of new taxa. | Risch, 1986 : 3231. Bagridae. | Burgess, 1989 : 67An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Mo, 1991 : 152Anatomy and systematics of Bagridae (Teleostei) and siluroid phylogeny. | Robins et al., 1991 : 62World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. | Ochi et al., 2002 : 270-273Paternal mouthbrooding bagrid catfishes in Lake Tanganyika. | Ferraris, 2007 : 161Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 84-86, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance..
Lophiobagrus lestradei : Poll, 1942 b : 319, fig (junior synonym)Description d'un genre nouveau de Bagridae du lac Tanganika. | Poll, 1946 : 216 (junior synonym)Révision de la faune ichthyologique du lac Tanganika. | Poll, 1953 a : 141 (synonymy with Lophiobagrus cyclurus) (junior synonym)Poissons non Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947). | Jayaram, 1966 : 1082 (junior synonym)Contributions to the study of the fishes of the family Bagridae. A systematic account of the African genera with a new classification of the family. | Risch, 1986 : 32 (synonym of Lophiobagrus cyclurus) (junior synonym)31. Bagridae. | Ferraris, 2007 : 161 (synonym of Lophiobagrus cyclurus) (junior synonym)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Aquariology : Seegers, 2008 .
Colour pattern : Seegers, 2008 .
Common names : African bullhead (English), Pikkutanganjikanmonni (Finnish), Tanganjika-Stachelwels (German) .
Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Tanganyika .
Food habits : feed on chironomid larvae, beetle larvae and small crustaceans with occasional ingestion of vegetable material .
Habitat / home range : concealed mostly among rocks during daytime. Nocturnal habits prevail .
Habitat_references : Seegers, 2008 .
Morphology / anatomy : Seegers, 2008 .
Reproduction_references : Ochi et al., 2002 | Seegers, 2008 .
Size : 80 mm TL .
Types :
- Chrysichthys cyclurus Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b: 1093 (part.), fig. 7. Type locality: "Lake Tanganyika". Syntypes (11) BMNH n° 1936. 6.15: 879 to 883.
- Lophiobagrus lestradei Poll, 1942 b: 319, fig. Type locality: "Nyanza, Lake Tanganyika". Holotype MRAC n° 54.924.
Use and trade : no food value .
Venom glands : mucus is poisonous to other fishes .