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Amphilius rheophilus Daget, 1959

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Diagnosis: dorsal-fin base distinctly ahead of pelvic-fin insertions; distance from head to dorsal fin less than 20% of standard length; interorbital space about 35% of head length; caudal-peduncle long and relatively slender, its length over twice its depth, ; caudal fin forked, with lower lobe distinctly longer than upper lobe; maxillary barbell rather short, less than 60% of head length; snout length about 60% of head length; branchiostegal membrane weakly notched on midventral line (Ref. 57128).

Common Names

  • 游平鰭鮠 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 游平鳍鮠 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Siluriformes

    Family: Amphiliidae

    Genus: Amphilius

    Species: Amphilius rheophilus Daget, 1959

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: upper tributaries of the rivers Senegal, Gambia, Corubal, Konkouré, Little Scarcies and Niger; also reported (only once) from the River Loffa in Guinea (Ref. 57128). Also in the Jong/Pampana River (Ref. 13331)

    • Biology

    Life cycle and mating behavior

    Habitat

    demersal