Diagnostic Description
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Diagnosis: tooth patches broad; 8-10 anal-fin rays; 20 caudal-fin rays (nearly always ii-7-8-iii); 38-39 vertebrae; body and head only slightly depressed; snout and head relatively blunt (in dorsal and lateral profile); eyes more or less lateral; body colored in shades of grey; lower lip and underside of head not especially darkened or stippled; dorsum and flank finely spotted; paired fins frequently spotted in adults; caudal fin darkly pigmented with a pale distal margin, but no pale basal crescent (young up to 70mm SL have a pale spot at the base of the caudal fin but no well-developed crescent or bar) (Ref. 44050).Description: body and head slightly depressed (Ref. 57130). Head cylindrical (Ref. 44050, 57130), with small, laterally placed eyes (Ref. 57130). Lower jaw prominent; 16-18 abdominal vertebrae; 21-23 caudal vertebrae; 20 caudal-fin rays (general arrangement ii-7-8-iii, but also ii-8-8-ii and ii-7-9-ii) (Ref. 44050, 57130).Coloration: body and head weakly bicolored; dorsum and flanks brown, venter tan; dorsum and flanks well-marked with small spots (few larger than 2 times an eye diameter), with a few scattered spots on venter; pectoral and anal fins sometimes with fine spots in adults; pelvic fin opaque (whitish), frequently spotted in adults; anal fin with wide dark band along posterior 2/3 of its length; anal fin base, distal margin and anterior third usually unpigmented; caudal fin darkly pigmented with pale distal margin and, in juveniles up to 70mm SL, a pale basal mark at the body mid-depth (which is more of a spot than a bar or crescent); caudal bar frequently with acute anterior margin projecting into pale interspace at body mid-depth; pale interspace bright in young specimens and matches ground color in larger specimens; saddle well-developed and solid extending about 3/4 down the flank (Ref. 44050).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): - 0; Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 38 - 39
Malapterurus punctatus: Brief Summary
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Catalan; Valencian
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Malapterurus punctatus és una espècie de peix de la família dels malapterúrids i de l'ordre dels siluriformes.
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Malapterurus punctatus: Brief Summary
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Malapterurus punctatus is a species of electric catfish native to Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This species grows to a length of 21.49 centimetres (8.46 in) SL.
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Malapterurus punctatus es una especie de peces de la familia Malapteruridae en el orden de los Siluriformes.
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Malapterurus punctatus
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Malapterurus punctatus: Brief Summary
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Malapterurus punctatus Malapterurus generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Malapteruridae familian sailkatzen da.
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小點電鯰
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小點電鯰: Brief Summary
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Chinese
)
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小點電鯰，為輻鰭魚綱鯰形目電鯰科的其中一種，分布於非洲聖保羅河至卡瓦利河流域，體長可達21.5公分，生活在底中層水域，屬肉食性，具有發電器官，生活習性不明。
