Biology:Malapterurus tanganyikaensis
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Short description: Species of fish
| Malapterurus tanganyikaensis | |
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| The holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Malapteruridae |
| Genus: | Malapterurus |
| Species: | M. tanganyikaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Malapterurus tanganyikaensis T. R. Roberts, 2000[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Malapterurus polli S. M. Norris, 2002[3] | |
Malapterurus tanganyikaensis is a species of electric catfish native to Lake Tanganyika where it occurs in the bordering nations of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. This species grows to a length of 49.5 centimetres (19.5 in) SL.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Malapterurus tanganyikaensis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ↑ Haambiya, L. (2025). "Malapterurus tanganyikaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T47957155A47981419.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47957155/47981419. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q3752566 entry
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