Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Tropical
Africa: Cameroon (Sanaga, Nyong, and Bénoué Rivers), Guinea (Konkouré River), Sierra Leone (Sewa and Jong Rivers) and in the upper Niger.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2915)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 26 - 35; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 39 - 45. Characterized by long narrow chin which looks like that of a horse. The head narrows from the gills to the snout. Interorbital space narrow (head length/width of interorbital space 9.5-17.5). Eyes situated dorsally. LS/body depth 6.3-7.9. Color uniformly dark.
Affinities: M. oudoti (Ref. 2915).
Life cycle and mating behavior
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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (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, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).