Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin, 1789) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Bioaccumulation / pollution : Kuton et al., 2021 .
  • Colour pattern : Norris, 2002 | Norris, 2003 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Common names : Añeng (Fang: Equatorial Guinea), Anya (Fang: Gabon), Sähkömonni (Finnish), Silure électrique / Trembleur (French), Dzidzi (Ga: Ghana), Elektrischer Wels / Zitterwels (German), Mijiriya (Hausa: Nigeria), Uma (Ijo: Nigeria), Tiginin (Jula: Burkina Faso), Mu'u (Kanuri: Nigeria), Itutula sa bosunga / Itutula sa lyetetele / Itutula sha bosunga / Itutula sha kamba / Tula sa bosunga / Tula sa lyetetele / Tula sha bosunga / Tula sha lyetetele (Kele: Democratic Republic of the Congo) | Dji / Nding (Kim: Chad), Gbi gbi na / Ka-nink / Kpikpi (Krio: Sierra Leone), Gbi gbi na (Limba, west-central: Sierra Leone), Tula (Lombo: Democratic Republic of the Congo), Kpikpi (Mende: Sierra Leone), Zesgo (Mooré: Burkina Faso), Danei (Nuer: Sudan), Dondoro (Nupe: Nigeria), Nyesi (Nyanja: Malawi), Ntera (Nyoro: Uganda), Sum elektryczny (Polish), Peixe-choque (Portuguese), Tinhesse (Sena: Mozambique), Adigno (Shilluk: Sudan), Tula (So: Democratic Republic of the Congo), Manikwe / Nyika (Swahili: Tanzania), Darrmal (Swedish), Ks-nink (Themne: Sierra Leone), Lasali (Turkana: Kenya), Madieumadiane (Wolof: Senegal), Ojiji (Yoruba: Nigeria), Bagbi (Zande: Sudan) | Dzidzi (Adangme: Ghana), Didibo (Adioukrou: Côte d'Ivoire), Elektriese baber / Elektriese-baber (Afrikaans), Ladjo / Neenin (Aizi: Côte d'Ivoire), Adinga (Alur: Uganda), Barada / El Raade / El Raash (Arabic), Kpoukpou-gnangnan (Baoulé: Côte d'Ivoire), Nkunta (Bemba: Zambia), Nganji (Chokwe: Angola), Elmalle (Danish), Der / Diar (Dinka, Northeastern: Sudan), Losali (El Molo: Kenya), Electric catfish (English), Harilik elektrisäga (Estonian), Ani / Dzidzi / Nii (Ewe: Ghana) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Kuton et al., 2021 .
  • Current distribution known : Nile and Tropical Africa (except Lake Victoria and Rivers of East Africa north of the Zambezi), Fernando Po Island (Boulenger, 1911 a)| Thys van den Audenaerde, 1967 b | widely distributed, from Senegal (and possibly Mauritania) to Ethiopia, and along the entire length of the Nile from Egypt to Rwanda and the Great Lakes south to Malawi .
  • Food habits / trophic level : feeds on various small organisms, particularly molluscs, and with increasing size turns more and more to a diet of fish .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Ayanda et al., 2019 | Hugueny & Pouilly, 1999 | Hulot, 1950 b | Offem et al., 2008 | Sagua, 1979 | Sandon & Amin al Tayib, 1953 .
  • Genetics : Schedel et al., 2022 .
  • Habitat / home range : occurs among rocks or roots; favors sluggish or standing water .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Ballowitz, 1897, 1898 a, b, 1899 | Fritsch, 1886 a, 1886 c, 1887 | Keynes, 1973 | Norris, 2002 | Norris, 2003 | Seegers, 2008 | Szabo, 1956, 1957 b .
  • Osteology : Chardon, 1968 | Mahy, 1969 .
  • Parasites : Akinsanya et al., 2007 | Kuton et al., 2021 | Onusiriuka, 2000 .
  • Phylogeny : Schedel et al., 2022 .
  • Physiology / metabolism : Fessard in Grassé, 1958 | Johnels, 1956 .
  • Reproduction : adults form pairs and breed in excavated cavities or holes. It is assumed that the male tends the clutch. Others report that the male takes the eggs into his mouth .
  • Reproduction_references : Breder & Rosen, 1966 | Poll & Gosse, 1969 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Size : 1220 mm SL, 20 kg .
  • Types :
    • Silurus electricus Gmelin, 1789: 1354. Type locality: "Nile". Type lost. (Neotype, see Poll & Gosse: 1969).
  • Use and trade : taken in subsistence fisheries; caught by anglers and divers. Occasional curiosity pets in aquariums .