Dolichallabes microphthalmus
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Clariidae |
Genus: | Dolichallabes Poll, 1942 |
Species: | D. microphthalmus
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Binomial name | |
Dolichallabes microphthalmus Poll, 1942
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Dolichallabes microphthalmus is the only species of airbreathing catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Dolichallabes.[1]
Distribution[]
D. microphthalmus is known from the Congo River system.[1] It was originally described from , close to the central Congo River. This species is found in the same region around Bolobo and in the swamp areas near to Boende, (Tshuapa) and , in the Ruki River Basin. This species has also been collected around , Tshela region, on the Lower Congo Basin.[2]
Description[]
D. microphthalmus is the most elongate, eel-like species of clariid catfish. It also has a reduced skull, and its unpaired fins (dorsal, caudal, and anal fins) are continuous. The pectoral fins, though always present, may be extremely reduced in some specimens. The eyes are small. The lower lip is equal to or overgrows the upper lip.[2] Due to certain skeletal characteristics, it has been suggested that D. microphthalmus is a paedomorphic clariid.[2] This species grows up to about 25.0 centimetres (9.8 in) TL.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ^ a b c Devaere, Stijn; Teugels, Guy G.; Adriaens, Dominque; Huysentruyt, Frank; Verraes, Walter (2004). Armbruster, J. W. (ed.). "Redescription of Dolichallabes microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae)" (PDF). Copeia. 2004 (1): 108–115. doi:10.1643/CI-03-025R1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-31.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Dolichallabes microphthalmus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Clariidae
- Catfish of Africa
- Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Fish described in 1942
- Taxa named by Max Poll
- Siluriformes stubs