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Amphilius korupi

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species of fish

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Vinony catalogs Amphilius korupi in its Endangered Species collection (17,243 entries).

Within Vinony's link graph, Amphilius korupi is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to Amphiliidae, Animalia and Cameroon.

Vinony files it under Amphilius, Fish described in 2007 and Freshwater fish of West Africa.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Endangered

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderSiluriformes
  5. FamilyAmphiliidae
Habitatfreshwater

(Fig. 5) Synonymy. Amphilius sp. [cf. A. brevis Boulenger, 1902 ]: Reid, 1989, 57. Other material. MRAC 93-072-P-0768-0769, 2, SL 43.5-59 mm, Limbe River, Moussaka, CDC Camp, Limbe region , Cameroon , 04° 01'N , 09° 12'E , E. van den Bergh, 11 April 1993 . Diagnosis. A. korupi differs from A. pulcher , A. dimonika and A. mamonekensis in colour pattern, especially the large dark brown or black spot with yellow surrounds on the caudal fin, in having the eyes nearer the tip of the snout, longer barbels, and in being a more deep bodied species with a shorter, deeper caudal peduncle. It is most similar to A. nigricaudatus from the WCA region and A. brevis from the Congo River system. It shares with both these species similar overall morphology including a short head, eyes closer to tip of snout than to hind margin of head, long slender barbels and an emarginate caudal fin with 6+7 Principal rays and a fleshy epidermal fold across the caudal base. It differs from A. brevis in the position of the dorsal fin that reaches to above but not beyond the origin of the pelvic fins (in A. brevis the dorsal base extends beyond the origin of the pelvic base), and from A. nigricaudatus in that the an

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
Family
Amphiliidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Cameroon

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Amphilius
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Amphilius korupi
IUCN conservation status
Endangered status
short name
A. korupi
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