Gabon country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Reported from the Lower Ogowe (Ref. 41599) and Upper Ogowe (Ref. 42035). These reports are actually the revalidated A. nigricaudatus (see Ref. 81646).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gb.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pellegrin, J., 1909
National Database:

Common names from other countries

短体平鳍鮠, 短體平鰭鮠, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Amphiliidae (Loach catfishes) > Amphiliinae
Etymology: Amphilius: Greek, amphi = on both sides + Greek, leios = fat.
More on author: Boulenger.

Issue
Amphilius nigricaudatus is a valid species based on Ref. 81646 and comprises the populations of A. brevis s.l. outside the Congo basin (T. Musschoot, pers. comm.).

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

; Água doce demersal. Tropical; 3°N - 10°S

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

Africa: middle and upper Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 41580, 41590, 41591, 106245, 106290). Reports from Loeme, Kouilou-Niari and Ogowe represent the revalidated Amphilius nigricaudatus (Ref. 81646). Identification of Chiloango and (marine) lower Congo specimens (Ref. 41590) is unclear (see also Ref. 81646).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.4 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3818)

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

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels, 1986. Amphiliidae. p. 54-65. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3818)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Amphilius brevis Boulenger, 1902