Schilbe uranoscopus Rüppell, 1832 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : De Vos, 1992 | De Vos, 1995 | De Vos, 2003 | De Vos, 2007 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Common names : Um katif / Umkettif (Arabic: Sudan), Nail (El Molo: Kenya), Egyptian butter catfish (English), Nalanga (Hausa: Nigeria), Akunbili (Ijo: Nigeria), Manja (Kanuri: Nigeria), Aglung (Nubian: Sudan), Elangi (Nupe: Nigeria), Nail / Naili (Turkana: Kenya), Asan (Yoruba: Nigeria), Nzengenzenge (Zande: Sudan) .
  • Current distribution known : known from the length of the Nile to Kenya, and Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon .
  • Distribution_references : De Vos, 1992 | De Vos, 1995 | De Vos, 2003 | De Vos, 2007 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : feeding largely on fish, but diet consist also of crustaceans and aquatic and terrestrial insects .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : De Vos, 1995 | Lauzanne, 1976 a | Lock, 1982 | Mok, 1975 | Olatunde, 1979 a | Sandon & Amin al Tayib, 1953 | Seegers, 2008 | Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 a .
  • Growth / growth performance : De Vos, 1995 | Lock, 1982 | Mok, 1975 .
  • Habitat / home range : adapted to riverine as well as lacustrine conditions .
  • Habitat_references : De Vos, 1995 .
  • Migration / movement : Mok, 1975 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : De Vos, 1992 | De Vos, 1995 | De Vos, 2003 | De Vos, 2007 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Parasites : De Vos, 1995 .
  • Reproduction : generally reproduction takes place once a year during the wet season; probably spawns in the flood season when it migrates to the rivers and deltas .
  • Reproduction_references : Bailey, 1994 | Breder & Rosen, 1966 | De Vos, 1995 | Lock, 1982 | Mok, 1975 | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Size : 360 mm SL, 450 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Schilbe isidori Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839: 375. Type locality: "Egypte". Type material unknown.
    • Schilbe uranoscopus Rüppell, 1832: 4, pl. 1, fig. 1. Type locality: "Agypten, Nil bei Cairo". Lectotype BMNH n° 1850.7.29: 22; paralectotypes SMF n° 546, 2622, 2629 and 6657.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption especially in the Lake Chad .
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : De Vos, 1995 .