Malapterurus barbatus

Malapterurus barbatus is a species of electric catfish native to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.[1][3] This species grows to a length of 21.5 centimetres (8.5 in) SL.[3]

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

References

  1. Diallo, I. (2020). "Malapterurus barbatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182744A134950299. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  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). "Malapterurus barbatus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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