Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical
Africa: Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Volta and Chad basins. Sahelo-Soudanian basins and the coastal basins of the rivers Cavally, Bandama, Sassandra, Comoé, Mono, Ouémé, Ogun and Culufi; Congo basin. Two subspecies exist: Mormyrus rume rume: West Africa and Chad System; Mormyrus rume proboscirostris: middle and upper Congo River.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?, range 33 - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 31256); peso máximo publicado: 5.3 kg (Ref. 2915); edad máxima reportada: 6 años (Ref. 2744)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 72 - 95; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 21. Anal fin base 4.6-6.5x that of dorsal fin; 20-26 scales on caudal peduncle; body height 3.5-6.1x SL; height of caudal peduncle 1.3-3.0x of its length.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Affinities: look-alike of M. subundulatus and M. tapirus. Feeds on insects and larvae (Ref.13851). Generates electric organ discharge (EOD) of long duration that seems to correlate with territorial behavior of the species (Ref. 10460; 10601).
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00750 - 0.01161), b=2.84 (2.79 - 2.89), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 2.5 ±0.86 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Assuming tm=5-10; Fec < 1,000).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 187 [40, 394] mg/100g; Iron = 1.12 [0.44, 2.77] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [15.7, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.452 [0.181, 1.191] g/100g; Selenium = 96 [36, 210] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23 [8, 65] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.69 [0.60, 7.23] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.