Biology:Malawi spinyeel
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Short description: Species of fish
| Malawi spinyeel | |
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| The "Rosette" type, possibly a variant of A. shiranus or an undescribed species[1][2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes |
| Family: | Mastacembelidae |
| Genus: | Mastacembelus |
| Species: | M. shiranus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mastacembelus shiranus Günther, 1896
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| Synonyms[4] | |
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The Malawi spinyeel (Mastacembelus shiranus) is a species of fish in the family Mastacembelidae from Africa. It is endemic to the Lake Malawi basin, including the main lake itself, Lake Malombe and the lower Shire River.[3][1] It is the only described species of spinyeel in Lake Malawi, but a brightly marked variant, Mastacembelus sp. "Rosette" is also known. It is unclear if it is a variant of the Malawi spinyeel or an undescribed species.[1][2] The Malawi spinyeel reaches about 30 cm (12 in) in length, and likely feeds on invertebrates and small fish.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Konings, Ad (1990). Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi, pp. 473—476. ISBN 978-0866225274.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oliver, M.K: Aethiomastacembelus sp. "Rosette". MalawiCichlids. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Vreven, E. (2018). "Mastacembelus shiranus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T61187A47239346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61187A47239346.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61187/47239346. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Mastacembelus shiranus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q4976851 entry
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