Parailia pellucida (Glass Catfish, Glass Catfish, Glass Schilbid, Glass Schilbid, X, X)

Overview

Family : Schilbid catfishes ; Benthic species which occurs in deep water . Feeds on plankton and crustaceans (Ref. 13851).

Common Names

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Common Names in Bikol:

Balo

Common Names in Danish:

Glas-Smørmalle, Glas-Sm�rmalle

Common Names in English:

African Glass Catfish, Glass Catfish, Glass Headstander, Glass Schilbid

Common Names in Ewe:

Genua, Genugbe

Common Names in Finnish:

Niilinkuultomonni

Common Names in German:

Afrikanischer Glaswels, Niglaswels

Common Names in Hausa:

Balo, Mai Gaishi, Rampari

Common Names in Ijo:

Eleli, Epemu

Common Names in Kanuri:

Manja

Common Names in Kim:

Legre Legre, Lengre Lengre, Lode

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

玻璃副沙鯰, 非洲玻璃鯰, 玻璃副沙鯰, 玻璃副沙鲶, 非洲玻璃鯰, 非洲玻璃鲶

Common Names in Nupe:

Elangi Kuso

Description

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Family Schilbeidae

Distribution: Africa and southern Asia. Dorsal fin with short base and 1 spine, when present. Usually with adipose fin . Anal fin base very long, separate from caudal fin; with 24-90 rays . Barbels usually 4 pairs. Pelvic fin occasionally absent in species of some genera.The family Schilbeidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Siluriformes. It contains 18 genera and 45 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is gymnotiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 32° n to 26° s and 18° w to 120° e. Etymology of this family name : A vernacular word from Egypt, Ethiopia and countries of Nilo river

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Subclass: Actinopterygii () - Ray-Finned Fishes
        Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
        Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
        Order: Siluriformes ()
        Family: Schilbeidae () - Schilbeid Catfishes
        Genus: Parailia () - Svensson, 1933
        Specific name: pellucida - (Boulenger, 1901)
        Scientific name: - Parailia pellucida (Boulenger, 1901)

Ambiguous Synonyms

Parailia congica Boulenger, 1899

Unambiguous Synonyms

Parailia pellucida (Boulenger, 1901)
Physailia pellucida Boulenger, 1901
Physaillia pellucida Boulenger, 1901

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : de Vos L., Data last modified by FishBase 21-Mar-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Parailia

There are approximately 6 species in this genus:

P. congica · P. spiniserrata · P. occidentalis · P. pellucida (Glass Catfish) · P. somalensis (Somalia Glass Catfish) · P. spiniserrata

Bibliography

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Bailey, R.G. (1994). Guide to the fishes of the River Nile in the Republic of the Sudan. J. Nat. Hist. 28:937-970.
De Vos, L. (1992). Schilbeidae. p. 432-449. In C. Lev�que, D. Paugy, and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saum�tres d'Afrique de l'Ouest Tome 2. Faune Tropicale n� 28. Mus�e Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and O.R.S.T.O.M
Diouf, P.S. (1996). Les peuplements de poissons des milieux estuariens de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: L'exemple de l'estuaire hyperhalin du Sine-Saloum. Th�se pr�sent�e � L'Universit� de Montpellier II pour l'obtention du Diplomede Doctorat. Th�ses et Docum
Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
Paugy, D., K. Traor� and P.S. Diouf (1994). Faune ichtyologique des eaux douces d'Afrique de l'Ouest. p.35-66. In G.G. Teugels, J.F. Gu�gan and J.J. Albaret (eds.) Biological diversity of African fresh- and brackish water fishes. Geographical overview
Teugels, G.G., C. L�v�que, D. Paugy and K. Traor� (1988). �tat des connaissances sur la faune ichtyologique des bassins c�tiers de C�te d'Ivoire et de l'ouest du Ghana. Rev. Hydrobiol. trop. 21(3):221-237.

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Notes

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 9, 2006.
FishBase
FishBase 2006.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
de Vos, Luc (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2498524
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27371
Fishbase Species ID: 9372
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 113764
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 639949
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 119616