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Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Boulengeromyrus: From George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937); he revised the works of Günther about Percoidei + Greek, myros = the male of a morey eel (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist at the British Museum, London. [...] Louis-Philippe Knoepffler (1926–1984) was a French biologist, primarily a herpetologist and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Taverne & Géry.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical
Africa: restricted to the Ivindo River basin and the Ntem River basin (Ref. 81635).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 41.3 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 81635)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 23 - 24; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 28 - 31. Body deep and laterally compressed (Ref. 81635). Dorsal profile of the back straight, upper profile of head straight, pointing downward; ventral side of the head concave; snout elongate, its length 29 to 35 % of head length (Ref. 81635). Submental swelling reduced (Ref. 81635).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Hopkins, C.D., S. Lavoué and J.P. Sullivan, 2007. Mormyridae. p. 219-334. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81635)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00585 - 0.02711), b=2.87 (2.69 - 3.05), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
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