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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Malapterurus&speciesname=microstoma ---> http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Malapterurus&speciesname=microstoma http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Malapterurus&speciesname=microstoma ---> https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Malapterurus&speciesname=microstoma https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Malapterurus&speciesname=microstoma ---> http://fishbase.de/summary/Malapterurus-microstoma.html http://fishbase.de/summary/Malapterurus-microstoma.html ---> https://fishbase.de/summary/Malapterurus-microstoma.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Malapterurus Species in    Malapteruridae - Classification - Malapteruridae Siluriformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Malapterurus microstoma Poll & Gosse , 1969 Smallmouth electric catfish Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Malapterurus microstoma Picture by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Malapteruridae (Electric catfishes) Etymology: Malapterurus: Greek, mala = a lot of + Greek, pteron = fin + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335 ) ;   microstoma: From the Greek "micro"=small + "stoma"=mouth, in reference to the narrowed snout and mouth typical for this species (Ref. 44050 ) . More on authors: Poll & Gosse . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Africa: throughout the Congo River basin (Ref. 44050 , 78218 ), but absent from the lowland, central portion of the basin (Ref. 44050 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 55.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 44050 ); 54.0 cm SL (female) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 10 - 13; Vertebrae : 40 - 42. Diagnosis: tooth patches narrow; horizontally based pectoral fins, placed low on the body; snout sharply narrowed rostrally; 40-42 vertebrae; 7-29 gill-rakers; 11-12 anal-fin rays; caudal saddle and bar pattern very faintly expressed; 7-8 branched caudal-fin rays; body finely spotted; lateral line complete (Ref. 44050 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Norris, S.M. , 2002. A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans Other Human uses Aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00451 - 0.02792), b=3.00 (2.79 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100). 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