Malapterurus occidentalis
Malapterurus occidentalis is a species of electric catfish native to Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, where it occurs in the Gambia and Géba Rivers.[1][3] This species grows to a length of 32 centimetres (13 in) SL.[3]
| Malapterurus occidentalis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Malapteruridae |
| Genus: | Malapterurus |
| Species: | M. occidentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Malapterurus occidentalis Norris, 2002[2] | |
References
- Diouf, K. (2020). "Malapterurus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181897A134950774. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- 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). Tervuren, Belgium.: Royal Museum for Central Africa. 289: 1–155. ISSN 1781-1104.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Malapterurus occidentalis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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