FB-10985 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10985 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Osteoglossiformes Mormyridae Petrocephalus Petrocephalus balayi Sauvage, 1883 Rypoun balayův Mustlaik-kivipeakala Mormyrus amblystoma Günther, 1896 Mormyrus ballayi (Sauvage, 1883) Mormyrus catostoma (non Günther, 1866) Petrocephalus ballayi Sauvage, 1883 1994-06-17 2024-06-05 Boulenger, G.A.0 Les poissons du bassin du Congo. Bruxelles. 532 p. (Ref. 1879) Gosse, J.-P.0 Mormyridae. p. 63-122. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3203) Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 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Liyandja0 Two new <i>Phenacogrammus</i> (Characoidei; Alestidae) from the Ndzaa River (Mfimi-Lukenie basin) of central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Am. Mus. Novit. 3980:1-22. (Ref. 127185) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-10985 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2011-12-14 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10985 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration Petrocephalus balayi is distinguished from all other Petrocephalus species in Central Africa by the following combination of characteristics: dorsal fin with 20-22 branched rays, anal fin with 26 or 27 branched rays, eye small (HL/ED=4,5-4,9), mouth very wide, associated with a very characteristic head shape when viewed from below, 14 teeth or more in the upper jaw, 28 teeth or more in the lower jaw (Ref. 85331). Melanin pattern consisting of the following: (1) a distinct black round mark on each side of the body below dorsal fin origin; (2) an ovoid mark on each side at the base of the caudal peduncle, not extending onto the upper and lower parts of the caudal fin; (3) a black mark, sometimes diffuse but always present, at the base of the pectoral fins (Ref. 85331). Lavoué, S., J.P. Sullivan and M.E. Arnegard 2010 African weakly electric fishes of the genus <i>Petrocephalus</i> (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) of Odzala National Park, Republic of the Congo (Lékoli River, Congo River basin) with description of five new species. Zootaxa 2600:1-52. (Ref. 85331) FB-Distribution-10985 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-06-17 00:00:00 2022-09-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10985 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Africa: Ogowe River in Gabon (Ref. 3203, 85311) and Congo River basin in Cameroon (Ref. 46901), Republic of Congo (Ref. 85311) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 1879, 4910, 41580, 41590, 44985, 45434, 45441, 93897, 106245). Gosse, J.-P. 1984 Mormyridae. p. 63-122. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3203) FB-Size-10985 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-06-17 00:00:00 2024-06-05 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10985 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 11.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 42522)) Sauvage, H.E. 1883 Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, Sér. 7, 7:156-161. (Ref. 42522) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-10985 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-06-17 00:00:00 2024-06-05 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10985 demersal; freshwater