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Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1809). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1): 1-52 [141-338], Poissons Pls. 1-17.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Clariidae
genus
Heterobranchus
species
Heterobranchus bidorsalis

Name

Synonyms
Heterobranchus geoffroyi Valenciennes, 1840
Heterobranchus intermedius Günther, 1864
Heterobranchus senegalensis Valenciennes, 1840
Hetrobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
Homonyms
Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
Common names
Azu isii in Igbo
Biblique in Wolof
Cur in language.
Denor in Irish
Eel-like Fattyfin Catfish in English
Fusan in language.
Garmout in Arabic
Giyoko in language.
Kaaranxulle in Wolof
Karkor Haleh in Arabic
Ngaru in language.
Poisson chat africain in French
Ramboshi in Hausa
Seega in language.
Surta in Arabic
keříčkovec severoafrický in Czech
Cur in language.
Eel-like Fattyfin Catfish in English
Garmout in Arabic
Kaaranxulle in Wolof
Karkor Haleh in Arabic
Ngaru in language.
Surta in Arabic

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1809). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1): 1-52 [141-338], Poissons Pls. 1-17.
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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