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Auchenoglanididae (Flatnose catfishes)
Etymology: Notoglanidium: Greek, noton = back + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish; diminutive (Ref. 45335); akiri: Named in honour of P.J. Akiri, collector of the type specimens (Ref. 94168).
Eponymy: Pamela Jeanne Akiri (b: 1944) is an American biologist who moved to Nigeria with her husband and worked at Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She collected the catfish holotype. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Africa: Niger Delta and the neighbouring New Calabar River, Bonny River and Imo River in southern Nigeria (Ref. 7324, 50225, 57126, 94168).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50225)
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13; Vertebrae: 36. Diagnosis: Notoglanidium akiri differs from other species in the genus in having: an average interorbital distance, 24.1-32.8% of head length vs. smaller in N. boutchangai, N. depierrei, N. pallidum and N. pembetadi, and larger in N. maculatum and N. thomasi; a large eye diameter, 6.6-10.5% of head length vs. smaller in N. maculatum and N. pallidum; a deep adipose fin, 4.7-7.3% of standard length vs. less deep in other species except N. macrostoma and N. walkeri; an average combined premaxillary tooth plate width, 22.0-26.1% of head length vs. broader in N. boutchangai and N. macrostoma and smaller in allother species except N. depierrei and N. pembetadi; only seven soft branched dorsal-fin rays, vs. more than 8 in N. depierrei, N. maculatum, N. pallidum, N. pembetadi, N. thomasi and N. walkeri; and a high dorsal-fin spine length, 9.8-12.8% of standard length vs. shorter in all other species except N. macrostoma (Ref. 94168).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Geerinckx, T., E. Vreven, M. Dierick, L.V. Hoorebeke and D. Adriaens, 2013. Revision of Notoglanidium and related genera (Siluriformes: Claroteidae) based on morphology and osteology. Zootaxa 3691(1):165-191. (Ref. 94168)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Endangered (EN) (B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)); Date assessed: 20 August 2019
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00503 - 0.01813), b=2.98 (2.81 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
