Synodontis haugi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Mochokidae |
Genus: | Synodontis |
Species: | S. haugi
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Binomial name | |
Synodontis haugi
Pellegrin, 1906
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Synodontis haugi, known as the black synodontis, [1] is a species of upside-down catfish native to Gabon where it is found in the Ogowe River basin. [2] It was first collected by M.E. Haug and described by French zoologist Jacques Pellegrin in 1906, based upon a holotype discovered in the Ogooué River, near Ngomo, Gabon. [3] The specific name "huagi" is a tribute to the original collector of the species. [1]
The body of the fish is a uniform brown or brown with indistinct darker spots on the body and fins. [4] Juveniles may also display large dark brown spots on the sides. [4]
Like other members of the genus, this fish has a humeral process, which is a bony spike that is attached to a hardened head cap on the fish and can be seen extending beyond the gill opening. [3] The humeral process on this species is obtusely keeled, much longer than deep, acutely pointed, and extends slightly beyond the occipito-nuchal process. [4] The first ray of the dorsal fin has a hardened first ray which is slightly serrated and is as long or slightly shorter than the head. [3] [4] The pectoral spine is as long as the dorsal and strongly serrated on both sides, especially the inner side. [4] The caudal fin is deeply forked. [3] It has short, cone-shaped teeth in the upper jaw. [3] In the lower jaw, the teeth are s-shaped and movable. [3] The fish has one pair of long maxillary barbels, extending far beyond the operculum, and two pairs of mandibular barbels that are often branched. [1] [3] The adipose fin is 3 to 3 1/2 times as long as it is deep. [4] set far back. [1]
This species grows to a length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in) SL although specimens up to 30.2 centimetres (11.9 in) TL have been recorded in the wild. [2] [3]
In the wild, the species inhabits tropical waters in the Ogowe River basin in Gabon. [5]
Data related to
Synodontis haugi at Wikispecies