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Malapterurus occidentalis

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Malapterurus occidentalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Malapteruridae
Genus: Malapterurus
Species:
M. occidentalis
Binomial name
Malapterurus occidentalis
Norris, 2002[2]

Malapterurus occidentalis is a species of electric catfish native to Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, where it occurs in the Gambia and Géba Rivers.[1][3] This species grows to a length of 32 centimetres (13 in) SL.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Diouf, K. (2020). "Malapterurus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181897A134950774. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Malapterurus occidentalis". FishBase. December 2011 version.