Amphilius natalensis

Boulenger, 1917 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Siluriformes/Amphiliidae/Amphilius

At a glance

Occurrence records426

Data sources8

Biological traits5

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections40

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Amphilius natalensis's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility426 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI40 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF426 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries40 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

Amphilius natalensis is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van de kuilwangmeervallen (Amphiliidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1917 door Boulenger.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length12.5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importancecommercial

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding5 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amphilius natalensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

BINs3

Marker genes1

eDNA detections40

Countries3

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P652 bp consensus5 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 91% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Diversity (π)5.0%

Haplotypes1

BINs3

Where individuals differ — all 58 variable positions, in barcode order

25Gvariable

88Cvariable

92Cmostly conserved

97Cvariable

100Cvariable

118Tvariable

124Cvariable

133Cvariable

160Avariable

163Avariable

175Tvariable

190Tvariable

196Tmostly conserved

199Gvariable

214Gvariable

226Amostly conserved

232Cvariable

262Cmostly conserved

265Tvariable

268Cvariable

280Gvariable

283Tvariable

286Tvariable

295Cvariable

307Avariable

328Gvariable

361Avariable

367Amostly conserved

373Cmostly conserved

382Tvariable

400Cmostly conserved

415Cmostly conserved

430Amostly conserved

433Avariable

451Gvariable

463Gvariable

466Avariable

469Gvariable

472Avariable

481Avariable

508Amostly conserved

520Cvariable

526Tvariable

530Tvariable

533Cmostly conserved

541Amostly conserved

544Gvariable

553Tmostly conserved

556Avariable

559Cvariable

592Cvariable

593Tvariable

616Tvariable

619Avariable

622Cvariable

628Avariable

640Tvariable

650Tvariable

CCTATATCTGGTATTTGGTGCCTGGGCCGGGATAGTTGGCACAGCCCTTAGCCTGCTAATTCGAGCAGAGCTCGCCCAACCTGGCGCCCT …

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Amphilius uranoscopussame genus5.5%Amphilius zairensissame genus6.6%Amphilius lampeisame genus11.2%Congoglanis alulasame family11.8%Amphilius jacksoniisame genus12.1%

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type426 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered215

Other209

Origin

Native210

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 108 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

2 georeferenced · 213 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence215

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	210
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	1
FishBaselocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 212 of 215 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA40 detections

Where the DNA of Amphilius natalensis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found40

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 40 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median16.4 °C 11.5–19.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.90 °C

Max temp (day)22.3 °C 18.2–25.3

Min temp (night)10.6 °C 5.60–13.4

Precipitation73.1 mm/mo 16.6–102

Air humidity59.9 % 55.5–61.4

Moisture balance-40.2 mm/mo -65.8–-10.4

Vapour deficit747 Pa 600–975

Wind speed1.60 m/s 1.20–3.80

Cloud cover23.4 % 14.4–27.2

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 38 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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