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Marbled Lungfish

Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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are eaten by

Global Biotic Interactions

Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851 (Marbled lungfish)
Global Biotic Interactions

Lates niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) (African Snook)
Global Biotic Interactions

Bagrus docmak (Forsskål 1775) (Cat-fish)

auditory system

Ladich and Popper 2004
otoliths
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q591800

Definition: Inner-ear structure in vertebrates which detects acceleration and may detect acoustic signals

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body length

Fishbase

200 cm

(male or unsexed, adult)

body mass

Fishbase

17.0 kg

(male or unsexed, adult, max)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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eat

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Global Biotic Interactions

Bellamya unicolor elatior
Global Biotic Interactions

Oreochromis esculentus (Graham 1928) (Singida tilapia)
Global Biotic Interactions

Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus 1767)
Global Biotic Interactions

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller 1774) (red-rimmed melania)
Global Biotic Interactions

Sphaerium stuhlmanni

geographic distribution

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Zambia Species List
Zambia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/895949

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Uganda Species List
Uganda
URI: http://www.geonames.org/226074

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Tanzania Species List
Tanzania
URI: http://www.geonames.org/149590

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Sudan Species List
Sudan
URI: http://www.geonames.org/366755

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Mali Species List
Mali
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2453866

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habitat

Fishbase
benthic
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic

Definition: Living at the bottom of a body of water.

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Fishbase
freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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harvested in

FAO Fishery Statistics
Burundi
URI: http://www.geonames.org/433561

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FAO Fishery Statistics
Rwanda
URI: http://www.geonames.org/49518

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FAO Fishery Statistics
Burundi
URI: http://www.geonames.org/433561

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FAO Fishery Statistics
Rwanda
URI: http://www.geonames.org/49518

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introduced range includes

Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
Rwanda
URI: http://www.geonames.org/49518

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mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
apatite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52254

Definition: A phosphate mineral with the general formula Ca5(PO4)3X where X = OH, F or Cl

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mineralized tissue contains

Mineralogy
hydroxylapatite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255

Definition: A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).

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Mineralogy
aragonite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52239

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure

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number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

1140

sensory system

Bullock et al 1983
electroreception
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1326528

Definition: detection and measurement of weak electric fields, via specialized sense organs and brain structures that process this information

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sexual system

Fairbairn 2013
dioecious
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681

Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records Germany
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34840

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GBIF national node type records Germany
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34840

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GBIF national node type records Germany
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34840

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GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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used for

FAO Fishery Statistics
food
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2095

Definition: any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body

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water depth

Fishbase

60 m

(max)