Pollimyrus nigripinnis (Boulenger, 1899)
Distribution:
Congo basin. See FishBase for museum records and localities.
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Pollimyrus nigripinnis (Boulenger 1899)
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Pollimyrus nigripinnis:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category
LC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
3.1
Year Assessed
2010
Assessor/s
Moelants, T.
Reviewer/s
Brummett, R., Mbe Tawe, A.N., Dening Touokong, C., Reid, G.M., Snoeks, J. Staissny, M., Moelants, T., Mamonekene, V., Ndodet, B., Ifuta, S.N.B., Chilala, A., Monsembula, R., Ibala Zamba, A., Opoye Itoua, O., Pouomogne, V., Darwall, W. & Smith, K.
Contributor/s
The species is widespread or without major threats throughout the Central Africa assessment region and is assessed as Least Concern.
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Population:
Population
No information available.
Population Trend
Unknown
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Threats:
Major Threats
None known.
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Least Concern (LC)
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Conservation Actions:
Conservation Actions
None known.
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Biology:
Possesses electroreceptors over the entire head, the ventral and dorsal regions of the body, but absent from the side and the caudal peduncle where the electric organ is located (Ref. 10011).
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General Description:
Depth of body 3 to 3 1/2 times in total length, length of head 4 to 4 1/4 times. Head as long as deep; snout rather truncate, 1/5 to 1/4 length of head, projecting very slightly beyond mouth; latter small, its width 4 times in length of head; teeth truncate or feebly notched, 9 in upper jaw, 10 in lower; anterior nostril halfway between end of snout and eye, on a line with centre of latter, posterior lower down and close to eye; eye rather large, its diameter equal to length of snout and 3/4 interorbital width. Dorsal 20-22,originating above 6th or 7th ray of anal, its length 1/2 its distance from head. Anal 26-27, a little nearer root of caudal than root of ventral. Pectoral pointed, as long as head, 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 times as long as ventral, extending beyond base of latter. Caudal with long pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3 to 3 1/2 times as long as deep, 2/3 to 3/4 length of head. 46–53 scales in lateral line, 8-14 / 10-16 in transverse series on body, 9/11 between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark purplish brown, speckled with black; fins blackish.
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Range Description:
Pollimyrus nigripinnis is known from Pool Malebo (Stanley Pool) and adjacent rapids, and from the Central Congo River basin, but is not known from the Kwango, Kasai and Sangha systems.
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Africa: middle Congo River basin in Cameroon (Ref. 46233, 51193) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 1877, 41585, 41590, 41594).
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