Malapterurus teugelsi is a species of electric catfish endemic to Guinea where it occurs in the Kogon River.[1][3] This species grows to a length of 21.2 centimetres (8.3 in) SL.[3]

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

The fish is named in honor of Belgian ichthyologist Guy Teugels (1954-2003), who as curator of fishes at the Musée Royale de l’Afrique Centrale, collected the type specimen.[4]


References

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  1. ^ a b Diallo, I. (2020). "Malapterurus teugelsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182394A134951261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T182394A134951261.en. Retrieved 20 November 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). 289. Tervuren, Belgium.: Royal Museum for Central Africa: 1–155. ISSN 1781-1104.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Malapterurus teugelsi". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families MALAPTERURIDAE, MOCHOKIDAE, SCHILBEIDAE, AUCHENOGLANIDIDAE, CLAROTEIDAE and LACANTUNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 December 2021.