Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Seegers, 2008 | Teugels, 1992a | Teugels, 2003a | Teugels et al., 1990 .
  • Common names : Bô / Boï / Boin / Buhun (Kim: Chad), Giyoko / Seega (Mooré: Burkina Faso), Fusan (Nupe: Nigeria), Coro (Shilluk: Sudan), Daawa / Kaaranxulle / Nexenbinne (Soninké: Senegal), Pez-gato africano (Spanish), Biblique (Wolof: Senegal), Aso (Yoruba: Nigeria), Ngaru (Zande: Sudan) | marketable when caught | Ngaru / Garmout / Karkor / Haleh / Surta (Arabic), Cur (Dinka, Northeastern: Sudan), Mudfish / African catfish / Catfish / Eel-like Fattyfin Catfish (English), Adewudzea (Ewe: Ghana), Kyrmyahmattimonni (Finnish), Poisson-chat africain (French), Ngeedo (Fulfulde, Pulaar: Senegal), Denor (Ga: Ghana), Fussan / Mari / Ramboshe ¨ Ramboshi (Hausa: Nigeria), Azu isii (Igbo: Nigeria), Toruye (Ijo: Nigeria), Kairo (Kanuri: Nigeria) .
  • Current distribution known : widely distributed from Senegal to Ethiopia, and throughout the Nile .
  • Food habits : feeds on fish, molluscs and crustaceans .
  • Habitat : found in turbulent or fast running streams, and in lakes .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Seegers, 2008 | Teugels, 1992a | Teugels, 2003a | Teugels et al., 1990 .
  • Size : 1500 mm TL, 30.0 kg .
  • Types :
    • Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809: pl. XVI, fig. 2. Type locality: "Nil". Holotype MNHN (skeleton).
    • Heterobranchus intermedius Günther, 1864 a: 22. Type locality: "Khartoum, Upper Nile". Syntypes BMNH n° 1862.1.17: 54 & 1863.10.6: 1.
    • Heterobranchus senegalensis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840: 397. Type locality: "Sénégal". Holotype MNHN (skull).
  • Zoological_nomenclature : Teugels et al., 1990 .