Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal; pH range: 5.0 - 7.0; dH range: ? - 5. Tropical; 22°C - 24°C (Ref. 12468)
Africa: Volta, Niger, Tchad, Shari and Congo basins (Ref. 3203).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2915); peso máx. publicado: 500.00 g (Ref. 3799)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais (total) : 28 - 31; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 31 - 35. Young with dark band across body between anterior end of dorsal and anal which widens in the center and surrounded by a clear zone on each side in the form of a parenthesis; first dorsal and anal ray marked with black; this coloration disappears in individuals > 20 cm; Dorsal origin behind origin of anal fin; body depth 3.9-4.7 x SL; head length 3-5 x SL; head 2.3-3.3x longer than large.
Its electric organ discharge (EOD) is steroid-sensitive (Ref. 10763; 10764).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Bigorne, R., 1990. Mormyridae. p. 122-184. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. tome 1. Faune Trop. 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and ORSTOM, Paris. (Ref. 2915)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: pouco comercial; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00612 - 0.02839), b=2.85 (2.67 - 3.03), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): médio(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).