Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Africa: lower Congo (Ref. 1877, 1878, 41591) and Pool Malebo (Ref. 41585) in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also in the Sangha (middle Congo River basin) in Cameroon (Ref. 46233). Also reported from the Chiloango (Ref. 1877), from where one of the four syntypes originates, although species not included in Ref. 81635. Report from the Rio Cuebe (Okavango basin) in Angola (Ref. 89016) questionable and needs verification.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1877)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Gosse, J.-P., 1984. Mormyridae. p. 63-122. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3203)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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