Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0. Diagnosis: caudal fin with 7+8 principal rays; caudal peduncle 1.6-2 times longer than deep; snout longer than post-orbit length; eyes placed distinctly nearer to hind margin of head than to tip of snout (Ref. 81646).

Common Names

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Kuonoimuevä , Finnish , Finland

長吻平鰭鮠 , Mandarin Chinese , China

长吻平鳍鮠 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Amphiliidae

Genus: Amphilius

Species: Amphilius longirostris (Boulenger, 1901)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Africa: Sanaga to Ogooué basins in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (Ref. 81646) and upper Louesse (Kouilou-Niari basin) in Republic of Congo (Ref. 92841). Also in the Dja (Sangha tributary, middle Congo River basin) (Ref. 81646).

Biology

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Maximum total length reported 14.0 cm (Ref. 3818).

Habitat

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demersal