Mastacembelus ophidium Günther, 1894

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Mastacembelus ophidium : Günther, 1894 c : 630Descriptions of the reptiles and fishes collected by Mr. E. Coode- Hore on lake Tanganika. | Pfeffer, 1896 : 8Die Fische Ost Afrikas. In Deutsch Ost-Afrika : Band III. | Boulenger, 1898 e : 5, 23Report on the collection of fishes made by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lake Tanganyika during his expedition 1895-1896, with an appendix by J. E. S. Moore. | Boulenger, 1899 f : 54Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo, 3ème partie : Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Mastacembles, Plectognathes. | Boulenger, 1901 p : 141Third contribution to the ichthyology of lake Tanganika. Report on the collection of fishes made by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lakes Tanganika and Kivu during his second expedition, 1899-1900. | Boulenger, 1901 q : 492, 499Les poissons du bassin du Congo. | Moore, 1903 : 215The Tanganyika Problem. An account of the researches undertaken concerning the existence of marine animals in Central Afrika. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 60A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1906 k : 542, 576Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of lake Tanganika. Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the third Tanganika expedition 1904-1905. | Boulenger, 1912 g : 203A synopsis of the fishes of the genus Mastacembelus. | Boulenger, 1916 a : 141, fig. 96Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Cunnington, 1920 : 529The fauna of the African lakes : a study in comparative limnology with special reference to Tanganyika. | David, 1936 a : 15Contribution à l'étude de la faune ichthyologique du Lac Tanganika. | Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b : 1068, 1109The fish of Lake Tanganyika (other than Cichlidae). | David & Poll, 1937 : 275Contribution à la faune ichthyologique du Congo belge : collections du Dr. H. Schouteden (1924-1926) et d'autres récolteurs. | Poll, 1946 : 157, 245Révision de la faune ichthyologique du lac Tanganika. | Hulot, 1950 b : 172Le régime alimentaire des poissons du Centre africain. Intérêt éventuel de ces poissons en vue d'une zootechnie économique au Congo belge. | Poll, 1953 a : 236, pl. 11, fig. 2Poissons non Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947). | Matthes, 1962 b : 77Poissons nouveaux ou intéressants du lac Tanganika et du Ruanda. | Bell-Cross & Kaoma, 1971 : 243Additions and amendments to the checklist of the fishes of Zambia. 3. | Brichard, 1978 d : 75Fishes of Lake Tanganyika. | Bernacsek, 1980 : 62Introduction to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. | Travers et al., 1986 : 419 (synonym of Afromastacembelus ophidium)70. Mastacembelidae. | Eccles, 1992 : 83 (synonym of Afromastacembelus ophidium)FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Vreven, 2005 a : 358, 362, 365Mastacembelidae (Teleostei; Synbranchiformes) subfamily division and African generic division: an evaluation. | Vreven, 2005 b : 1540-1558, fig. 6Redescription of Mastacembelus ophidium Günther, 1893 (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) and description of a new spiny eel from Lake Tanganyika. | Brown et al., 2011 : 287, 290Pectoral fin loss in the Mastacembelidae: a new species from Lake Tanganyika. | Kanu et al., 2022 : 63, 64Molecular phylogenetic analysis of spiny eels (Mastacembelidae: Mastacembelus) from the Rokel River basin and adjacent areas of Sierra Leone,.
Afromastacembelus ophidium : Travers, 1984 b : 145 (senior synonym)A review of the Mastacembeloidei, a suborder of synbranchiform teleost fishes. Part II : Phylogenetic analysis. | Travers et al., 1986 : 419 (senior synonym)70. Mastacembelidae. | Eccles, 1992 : 83, 128, fig. (senior synonym)FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Vreven, 2005b .
Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Tanganyika and confirmed locality records indicate a circumlacustrine coastal distribution .
Distribution_references : Vreven, 2005b .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Vreven, 2005b .
Genetics : Kanu et al., 2022 .
Habitat / home range : sandy shores .
Habitat_references : Vreven, 2005b .
Morphology / anatomy : Travers, 1984a | Travers, 1984b | Vreven, 2005a | Vreven, 2005b .
Phylogeny : Kanu et al., 2022 .
Reproduction_references : Vreven, 2005b .
Size : 406 mm SL .
Types :
- Mastacembelus ophidium Günther, 1894: 630. Type locality: "Lake Tanganyika". Syntypes BMNH 1889.1.30: 23-24.
Use and trade : may be of some interest to aquarists .
Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Vreven, 2005a | Vreven, 2005b .