Polypterus congicus Boulenger, 1898 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Chromosomes : Cataudella et al., 1978 | Klinkhardt et al., 1995 | Sola et al., 1981 | Suzuki et al., 1988 | Vasil'ev, 1980 .
  • Colour pattern : Moritz & Britz, 2019 .
  • Common names : Kongo hulkuim (Estonian), Elonga [Kele (Lokele): Democratic Republic of Congo], Ilolonga [Kele (Ya Okandja): Democratic Republic of Congo], Konga (Likwala: Congo), Elonga [Lombo (Olombo): Democratic Republic of Congo], Mbumi (Bateke: Democratic Republic of Congo), Djokala (Sanga: Congo), Mukunga (Songola: Democratic Republic of Congo), Elonga / Weuma [So (Eso): Democratic Republic of Congo] .
  • Current distribution known : widely distributed in the Congo River basin, and tributaries and southern part of Lake Tanganyika. Not known from the Mweru-Luapula-Bangweulu system .
  • Distribution_references : Banister & Bailey, 1979 | Daget, 1950a | Daget, 1958 e | Moritz & Britz, 2019 | Poll, 1941 c | Poll, 1941 d | Poll, 1942 a | Poll, 1950 a | Poll, 1954 a | Poll, 1976 b .
  • Food habits : feeds on bottom dwelling organisms .
  • Food habits_references : Hulot, 1950 b: 156 | Matthes, 1964 b .
  • Fossils : Daget et al., 2001 | Otero et al., 2006 .
  • Genetics : Near et al., 2013 | Suzuki et al., 2010a | Suzuki et al., 2010b .
  • Habitat / home range : restricted to the main river and neighbouring water bodies and it has been reported to enter the flooded forest during high water levels .
  • Habitat_references : Moritz & Britz, 2019 .
  • Habits_references : Banister & Bailey, 1979 | Gosse, 1963 | Matthes, 1964 b | Poll, 1950 b | Poll, 1953 a .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Daget & Desouter, 1983 | Matthes, 1964 b | Moritz & Britz, 2019 | Poll, 1942 a | Poll, 1964 | Poll & Deswattines, 1967 .
  • Osteology : Jarvik, 1947 .
  • Phylogeny : Daget & Desouter, 1983 | Near et al., 2013 | Suzuki et al., 2010a | Suzuki et al., 2010b .
  • Size : 788 mm SL, 876 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Polypterus bichir katangae Poll, 1941 c: 173, fig. Type locality: "Katanga, fleuve Lualaba". Holotype MRAC n° 20671; paratypes MRAC n° 49319 (1), 66561-66563 (3), ISNB n° 68.
    • Polypterus congicus Boulenger, 1898 b: 418. Type locality: "Stanley Falls". Holotype BMNH n° 1897.9.30: 28.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Moritz & Britz, 2019 .