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Malapteruridae
Electric catfish
Malapterurus barbatus
Catfish Reaching Twenty One Point Five Centimeters
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumMalapterurus barbatus is a species of electric catfish native to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Malapteruridae
- Genus
- Malapterurus
- Maximum length
- 21.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: broadly distributed in western upper Guinean waters, from the Great Scarcies (=Kolenté) River (Guinea/Sierra Leone) to the Borlor (=Farmington) River (Liberia) (Ref. 44050 , 57130 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
