Malapterurus monsembeensis
| Malapterurus monsembeensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Malapteruridae |
| Genus: | Malapterurus |
| Species: | M. monsembeensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Malapterurus monsembeensis | |
Malapterurus monsembeensis is a species of electric catfish that occurs in the Congo River basin and is native to the countries of Angola, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. This species grows to a length of 58 centimetres (23 in) SL.
References[]
- ^ Roberts, Tyson R. (2000). "A review of the African electric catfish family Malapteruridae, with descriptions of new species". Occasional papers in ichthyology. 1: 1–15.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Malapterurus monsembeensis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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Categories:
- Malapteruridae
- Freshwater fish of Africa
- Fish of Angola
- Fish of the Central African Republic
- Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Fish of the Republic of the Congo
- Fish described in 2000
- Strongly electric fish
- Siluriformes stubs