| Family: |
Mormyridae (Elephantfishes) |
| Max. size: |
28.7 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; pH range: 5 |
| Distribution: |
Africa: coastal basins of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia (Ref. 81274) and the Niger basin through Cameroon and Gabon to the Kouilou River basin (Ref. 81635). Also in the Chiloango in Cabinda Province of Angola (Ref. 120641). |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Possesses electroreceptors over the entire head, the dorsal region and some parts of the ventral region; absent from the side and the caudal peduncle where the electric organ is located. Electric organ discharge (EOD) rates are of low frequency and sexually dimorphic as to waveform (Ref. 10011). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 03 September 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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