Synodontis ocellifer Boulenger, 1900 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Aquariology : Seegers, 2008 .
  • Behaviour / ethology : Blache et al., 1964 | Daget, 1954 .
  • Chromosomes : Agnèse et al., 1990 | Klinkhardt et al., 1995 .
  • Colour pattern : Paugy & Roberts, 1992 | Paugy & Roberts, 2003 | Poll, 1971a | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Common names : Catfish (English), Amume-duduimadue (Ewe: Ghana), Rengasripsimonni (Finnish), Kpor (Ga: Ghana), Augenflecken-Fiederbartwels (German), Kurungu (Hausa: Nigeria), Kurungun kura (Hausa: Nigeria), Okpo (Igbo: Nigeria), Ik-poki (Ijo: Nigeria), Fono (Kanuri: Nigeria), Kuilkeka (Mòoré: Burkina Faso), Egungigi (Nupe: Nigeria), Gangue-Kala (Wolof: Senegal), Okokoniko (Yoruba: Nigeria) .
  • Current distribution known : known basins of the Senegal, Gambia, Niger (including Benue), Volta and Chad. Also in the Densu system (Ghana) and Kwa Ibo (Nigeria) .
  • Food habits : most frequent food item in the stomachs was chironomids. The food also included larvae/pupae and adults of various insects, including Coleoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera .
  • Food habits_references : Blache et al., 1964 | Green, 1977 | Ofori-Danson, 1992 .
  • Habits_references : Blache et al., 1964 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Arambourg, 1934 | Paugy & Roberts, 1992 | Paugy & Roberts, 2003 | Poll, 1971a | Seegers, 2008 .
  • Physiology : Green, 1977 | Vassiliades, 1973 | Willoughby, 1976 .
  • Population biology / population structure : Daget, 1966 a | Lewis, 1974 b .
  • Reproduction : eggs (about 1 mm diameter) were translucent and from pale greenish to yellow; fecundity from 8,000 to 14,000 eggs / kg; distinct pairing during breeding .
  • Reproduction_references : Breder & Rosen, 1966 | Ofori-Danson, 1992 .
  • Size : 490 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Synodontis ocellifer Boulenger, 1900 d: 514. Type locality: "Kunchow Creek", Gambia R. Lectotype BMNH n° 1901.7.17: 7; paralectotype BMNH n° 1901.7.17: 8 (Poll, 1971 a).
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .