Equatorial Guinea country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Kyé River (Ref. 78430).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Friel, J.P. and J.P. Sullivan, 2008
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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes) > Mochokinae
Etymology: Synodontis: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); woleuensis: The specific name is in reference to the Woleu River of Gabon, the type locality for this new species (Ref. 78430).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Africa: Gabon and Equatorial Guinea (Ref. 78430).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 78430); 6.5 cm SL (female)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 2; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 7; Espinhos anais: 1 - 3; Raios anais moles: 8 - 9; Vértebras: 34 - 36. This species has well-developed serrations on the anterior margin of the dorsal spine and a distinctive pigmentation pattern: a variable pattern and number of light, cream colored spots distributed over a largely uniform dark brown upper body and over a more lightly pigmented ventral surface, and a narrow, depigmented, curved band along the entireanterior margin of the caudal fin (Ref. 78430).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

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Friel, J.P. and J.P. Sullivan, 2008. Synodontis woleuensis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), a new species of catfish from Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Africa. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 157(1):3-12. (Ref. 78430)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Synodontis woleuensis Friel & Sullivan, 2008