Malapterurus tanoensis
Appearance
Malapterurus tanoensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Malapteruridae |
Genus: | Malapterurus |
Species: | M. tanoensis
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Binomial name | |
Malapterurus tanoensis T. R. Roberts, 2000[1]
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Malapterurus tanoensis is a species of electric catfish native to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana where it occurs in the Ofin and Tano Rivers.
This species grows to a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) SL.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Norris, Steven Mark (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. l". Annalen van het museum voor Midden-Afrika (serie Zoölogie). 289. Tervuren, Belgium.: Royal Museum for Central Africa: 1–155. ISSN 1781-1104.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Malapterurus tanoensis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.