Microsynodontis batesii

Boulenger, 1903 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Siluriformes/Mochokidae/Microsynodontis

At a glance

Occurrence records106

Data sources9

Biological traits4

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Microsynodontis batesii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility106 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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 sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF106 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈815 Mbp

01Narrative

Microsynodontis batesii is a species of upside-down catfish native to rivers of Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon. This species grows to a length of 10 cm SL.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length8.5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding1 eDNA hits

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 Microsynodontis batesii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Microsynodontis batesii carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈814 730 773 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Microsynodontis batesii0.81 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type106 records

Museum / vouchered106

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO220 km²

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 accuracy20% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 4

5 georeferenced · 101 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence106

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
FishBaselocation not on record	44
Royal Museum for Central Africalocation not on record	42
Paris, FR	6
Montgomery, US	4
CASlocation not on record	4
Frankfurt am Main	3
Stockholm, SE	1
Cambridge, US	1

8 institutions · 105 of 106 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Microsynodontis batesii 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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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