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| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{Cite journal | author = Lalèyè, P. | title = ''Malapterurus occidentalis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2010 | page = e.T181897A7759592 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2010 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/181897/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181897A7759592.en | access-date = 14 January 2018}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{Cite journal | author = Lalèyè, P. | title = ''Malapterurus occidentalis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2010 | page = e.T181897A7759592 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2010 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/181897/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181897A7759592.en | access-date = 14 January 2018}}</ref>
| taxon = Malapterurus occidentalis
| taxon = Malapterurus occidentalis
| authority = [[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002<ref name="Roberts2000">{{cite journal|last1=Roberts|first1=Tyson R.|title=A review of the African electric catfish family Malapteruridae, with descriptions of new species|journal=Occasional papers in ichthyology|date=2000|volume=1|pages=1-15}}</ref>
| authority = [[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002<ref name="Norris2002">{{cite journal|last1=Norris|first1=Steven Mark|title=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|journal=Annalen van het museum voor Midden-Afrika (serie Zoölogie)|date=2002|volume=289|pages=1-155|publisher=Royal Museum for Central Africa|location=Tervuren, Belgium.|issn=1781-1104}}</ref>
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'''''Malapterurus occidentalis''''' is a species of [[electric catfish]] native to [[Gambia]] and [[Guinea-Bissau]], where it occurs in the [[Gambia River|Gambia]] and [[Geba River|Géba]] Rivers.<ref name="iucn"/><ref name="fishbase">{{FishBase species |genus= Malapterurus|species= occidentalis| month = December| year = 2011}}</ref> This species grows to a length of {{convert|32|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|SL]].<ref name="fishbase"/>
'''''Malapterurus occidentalis''''' is a species of [[electric catfish]] native to [[Gambia]] and [[Guinea-Bissau]], where it occurs in the [[Gambia River|Gambia]] and [[Geba River|Géba]] Rivers.<ref name="iucn"/><ref name="fishbase">{{FishBase species |genus= Malapterurus|species= occidentalis| month = December| year = 2011}}</ref> This species grows to a length of {{convert|32|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|SL]].<ref name="fishbase"/>

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

Malapterurus occidentalis is a species of electric catfish native to Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, where it occurs in the Gambia and Géba Rivers.[1][3] This species grows to a length of 32 centimetres (13 in) SL.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Lalèyè, P. (2010). "Malapterurus occidentalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T181897A7759592. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181897A7759592.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  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.) (2011). "Malapterurus occidentalis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.