Synodontis greshoffi Schilthuis, 1891 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Poll, 1971a | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Common names : Kuvioripsimonni (Finnish), Greshoffs Fiederbartwels (German) .
  • Current distribution known : known from the Lower Congo, Pool Malebo (= Stanley Pool), and from the Central;also known from upper Congo River basin, with exception of the Luapula-Mweru system. Also reported from Mang in the Boumba River and from Mieri in the Doumé River, Central Congo River basin, southern Cameroon .
  • Food habits / trophic level : diet consists of plat material and insects, mainly their larvae; a polyphagous benthic species .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Matthes, 1964 b .
  • Genetics : Kasongo Ilunga at al., 2020 .
  • Habitat / home range : prefers large rivers and lakes, where it lives above stony substrates or among branches .
  • Habits_references : Banister & Bailey, 1979 | Matthes, 1964 b | Roberts & Stewart, 1976 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Matthes, 1964 b | Poll, 1971a | Seegers, 2008 | Taverne & Aloulou-Triki, 1974 .
  • Physiology / metabolism : De Bont & Paulus, 1964 .
  • Reproduction : distinct pairing during breeding .
  • Reproduction_references : Breder & Rosen, 1966 .
  • Size : 266 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Synodontis greshoffi Schilthuis, 1891: 87. Type locality: "Kinshasa, Stanley Pool". Holotype BMNH n° 1899.9.6: 7.
    • Synodontis holopercnus Boulenger, 1920 a: 28. Type localities: "Bosabangi, Avakubi, Poko", Zaïre. Syntypes MRAC n° 7616 (1), n° 7775 (1), n° 7829 (1), BMNH n° 1919.9.10: 264-5 (2).
    • Synodontis pantherinus Boulenger, 1920 c: 149. Type locality: "Ituri à Avakubi". Holotype MRAC n° 14.513.
  • Use and trade : commercially used as an aquarium species .