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Mormyrops engystoma Boulenger, 1898

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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the marine lower Congo (Ref. 42476) and lower Congo River (Ref. 42510).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Boulenger, G.A., 1898
National Database:

Common names from other countries

直口拟长颌鱼, Nospel-koonuspea, Rypoun skvrnitý, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Mormyrops: Greek, mormyros = a fish (Sparus sp) + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Boulenger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce demersal.   Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Africa: lower Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 42476, 42510). Also reported from the middle Chari (Chad basin) in Chad (Ref. 3052) and the Cross River in Nigeria (Ref. 52861), but presence of this species in West Africa needs confirmation (Ref. 81274).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 42476)

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

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)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)


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