Malapterurus tanoensis

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| name = Malapterurus tanoensis

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| taxon = Malapterurus tanoensis

| authority = T. R. Roberts, 2000{{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}}

| synonyms = *Malapterurus murrayi S. M. Norris, 2002{{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}}

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Malapterurus tanoensis is a species of electric catfish native to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana where it occurs in the Ofin and Tano Rivers.

This species grows to a length of {{convert|26|cm|in}} SL.

References

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  • {{FishBase |genus= Malapterurus|species= tanoensis| month = December| year = 2011}}

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Category:Malapteruridae

Category:Catfish of Africa

Category:Freshwater fish of West Africa

Category:Taxa named by Tyson R. Roberts

Category:Fish described in 2000

Category:Strongly electric fish

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