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> Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Paramormyrops:Greek, para = near + Greek, mormyros = a fish (Sparus sp) (Ref. 45335). More on authors: Taverne, Thys, van & denAudenaerdeHeymerGéry.
背面の脊椎 (合計) : 0; 背鰭 (合計) : 19 - 21; 肛門の骨: 0; 臀鰭: 24 - 27. A slender and elongate body (Ref. 81635). Head gently rounded, sloping downward; snout is V-shaped from above (Ref. 81635). Fleshy submental swelling present (Ref. 81635). Origin of anal fin slightly in advance of dorsal fin (Ref. 81635). Body colour is light brown to yellow above, yellowish gold below; small dark brown spots irregular over the body surface (Ref. 81635). Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Its preferred environment is large rivers, where it inhabits shallow regions with rapids (Ref. 81635).
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)
IUCNのレッドリストの状況は (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
脆弱 (VU) (B2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 16 February 2009
系統多様性指数 (参照 82804): PD50 = 0.5010 [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).
栄養段階 (参照 69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives