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Malapterurus tanoensis

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Species of fish

Malapterurus tanoensis
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Malapteruridae
Genus: Malapterurus
Species: M. tanoensis
Binomial name
Malapterurus tanoensis
T. R. Roberts, 2000
Synonyms
  • Malapterurus murrayi S. M. Norris, 2002

Malapterurus tanoensis is a species of electric catfish native to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana where it occurs in the Ofin and Tano Rivers.

This species grows to a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) SL.

References

  1. Roberts, Tyson R. (2000). "A review of the African electric catfish family Malapteruridae, with descriptions of new species". Occasional papers in ichthyology. 1: 1–15.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Malapterurus tanoensis


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