Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus

Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus is a species of electric catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it is found in the Tshuapa and Lukenie River systems.[1][3] This species grows to a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) SL.[3]

Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Malapteruridae
Genus: Paradoxoglanis
Species:
P. caudivittatus
Binomial name
Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus
Norris, 2002[2]

References

  1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182794A7970170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182794A7970170.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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