Auchenoglanis biscutatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Geerinckx & Vreven, 2013 | Risch, 1992a | Risch, 2003b | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Common names : Homar el hut / Humar el hut / Zammar (Arabic), Catfish / Black spotted catfish (English), Ruskokissamonni (Finnish), Ngurlo (Fulfulde, Pulaar: Senegal), Gelber Stachelwels (German), Buro (Hausa: Nigeria), Opai / Puasiya (Ijo: Nigeria), Koi (Kanuri: Nigeria), Sohon / Soin / Swaï (Kim: Chad), Egu buru (Nupe: Nigeria), Gurlo (Soninké: Senegal), Ngourlo (Wolof: Senegal), Kankan (Yoruba: Nigeria), Ongo (Zande: Sudan) .
  • Current distribution known : West African rivers from Senegal to Chad basins, and more east in the Nile and Lake Turkana basins .
  • Food habits / trophic level : feeds on the bottom on mud, debris, insects (notably chironomid larvae) and molluscs (notably bivalves (Bailey, 1994) .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Hickley & Bailey, 1987 | Sandon & Amin al Tayib, 1953 .
  • Habitat / home range : commonly occurs in running water, lakes and submerged vegetation in the Sudd, rare in fringing vegetation (Bailey, 1994) .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Geerinckx & Vreven, 2013 | Risch, 1992a | Risch, 2003b | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Parasites : Ukoli, 1969 .
  • Reproduction : gravid fish are recorded throughout the year with a peak in the dry season .
  • Size : 540 mm SL, weight 4400 g .
  • Types :
    • Auchenoglanis senegali Retzer, 2010: 47, fig. 8-10. Type locality: Saint-Louis, Forom River, Camp Djoudj, Senegal (16°22'N-16°16'W). Holotype MRAC P-79002.211; paratypes INHS 102910 [Ex MRAC P-79002.215] (1); MRAC P-79002.212-214, P-80001.0099 (1), P-810003.0381.
    • Pimelodus biscutatus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809: pl. 14, fig. 1-2. Type locality: "Nil". Holotype MNHN n° A.8969.