FB-62728 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62728 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anabantiformes Osphronemidae Betta Betta krataios Tan & Ng, 2006 2006-07-07 2011-04-12 Norris, S.M.0 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. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) Norris, S.M.0 Malapteruridae. p. 174-194 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57130) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62735 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-14 21:23:36 2015-02-27 22:48:11 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62735 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Diagnosis: tooth patches broad, semi-circular; pectoral fins placed low on body; 7-9 anal-fin rays; 20 caudal-fin rays (arrangement ii-7-8-iii, rarely ii-7-8-ii); 1-2 gill-rakers on upper branch of first arch; 38-41 vertebrae; caudal saddle and bar strongly developed; caudal saddle generally composed of concentrations of spots and blotches; caudal bar confined to base of caudal fin, not extending onto the caudal peduncle; body brown or tan; caudal fin darkly and solidly pigmented without pale basal crescent; lower lip, underside of head and mental barbels unpigmented or lightly pigmented (Ref. 44050).Description: body and head strongly depressed; eyes small and dorsolaterally directed; lower jaw distinctly prominent; 16-18 abdominal vertebrae; 22-24 caudal vertebrae (Ref. 44050, 57130). 20 caudal fin rays (arrangement ii-7-8-iii)(Ref. 57130).Coloration: body and head bicolored; dorsum and flank light brown; venter tan; flank and dorsum well spotted with coarse, frequently overlapping spots and blotches, many up to 3-4 times an eye diameter; spots continue on venter but not as densely; paired fins unspotted, pectoral fin clear, pelvic fin opaque-whitish; dorsal surface of paired fins in adults may be lightly colored with flank pigment; anal fin occasionally bears spots and generally has a darkly pigmented basal portion (not always well-defined), which is usually confined to posterior half of fin; caudal fin darkly pigmented throughout with a well-defined pale distal margin; caudal bar with vertical and straight anterior margin, largely confined to the caudal fin; caudal saddle mottled, appearing as a series of closely set blotches and spots, extending ventrally across 2/3 of the flank to just below the level of the lateral line and never onto the anal fin; saddle extends onto anterior half of adipose fin, the posterior half of which matches the pale interspace; saddle fades with increasing body size (Ref. 44050). Norris, S.M. 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. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) FB-Morphology-62735 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-14 21:23:36 2015-02-27 22:48:11 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62735 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): - 0; Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 38 - 41 Norris, S.M. 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. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) FB-Distribution-62735 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-11 18:21:42 2025-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62735 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Africa: Cess (=Nipoué) and Cavally rivers in Western Ivory Coast (Ref. 44050, 57130). Norris, S.M. 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. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) FB-Size-62735 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-11 18:02:44 2024-03-25 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=62735 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 24 cm SL (female) Norris, S.M. 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. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 289:1-155. (Ref. 44050) 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#Morphology 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-62735 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-07-11 18:02:44 2024-03-25 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62735 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution benthopelagic; freshwater