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Mormyrus longirostris Peters, 1852 |
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- Mormyrus mucupe :
Peters, 1852 : 275 (junior synonym)Diagnosen von neuen Fluss-Fischen aus Mossambique.
| Günther, 1866 a : 215 (junior synonym)Catalogue of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 6 : Physostomi.
| Peters, 1868 a : 87, 275, pl. 16, fig. 1 (junior synonym)Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Zoologie. IV. Flussfische.
| Sauvage, 1880 a : 26 (junior synonym)Etude sur la faune ichthyologique de l'Ogôoué.
| Guimaraes, 1884 a : 4 (junior synonym)Diagnoses de trois nouveaux poissons d'Angola.
| Pappenheim, 1907 b : 362 (junior synonym)Zur Systematik und Variationsstatistik der Mormyriden, hauptsächlich aus den deutsch-afrikanischen Schutzgebieten.
| Jubb, 1961 b : 37 (junior synonym)An illustrated guide to the freshwater fishes of the Zambezi river, Lake Kariba, Pungwe, Sabi, Lundi and Limpopo rivers.
| Jubb, 1967 a : 34 (junior synonym)Freshwater fishes of southern Africa.
| Fowler, 1975 : 21 (junior synonym)A catalog of World fishes (22).
| Gosse, 1984 d : 103 (synonym of Mormyrus longirostris) (junior synonym)16. Mormyridae.
| Seegers, 1996 : 78 (synonym of Mormyrus longirostris) (junior synonym)The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage..
- Mormyrus longirostris :
Peters, 1852 : 275Diagnosen von neuen Fluss-Fischen aus Mossambique.
| Marcusen, 1864 : 129Die Familie der Mormyren. Eine anatomisch-zoologische Abhandlung.
| Günther, 1866 a : 216Catalogue of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 6 : Physostomi.
| Peters, 1868 a : 83, pl. 16, fig. 2Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Zoologie. IV. Flussfische.
| Guimaraes, 1884 a : 4Diagnoses de trois nouveaux poissons d'Angola.
| Boulenger, 1898 k Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo.
| Boulenger, 1901 q : 112Les poissons du bassin du Congo.
| Boulenger, 1905 c : 39A list of freshwater fishes of Africa.
| Boulenger, 1906 k : 546Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of lake Tanganika. Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the third Tanganika expedition 1904-1905.
| Pappenheim, 1907 b : 362Zur Systematik und Variationsstatistik der Mormyriden, hauptsächlich aus den deutsch-afrikanischen Schutzgebieten.
| Boulenger, 1909 a : 139, fig. 115Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History).
| Boulenger, 1916 a : 169Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History).
| Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 b : 552, fig. 163The freshwater fishes of South Africa. Part VI (continued).
| Boulenger, 1920 b : 9Poissons de la mission Stappers 1911-1913 pour l'exploration hydrographique et biologique des lacs Tanganika et Moéro.
| Cunnington, 1920 The fauna of the African lakes : a study in comparative limnology with special reference to Tanganyika.
| Pellegrin, 1925 f : 465Les Mormyridés du bassin du Congo.
| Pellegrin, 1928 e : 206Poissons du Chiloango et du Congo recueillis par l'expédition du Dr. Schouteden (1920-1922).
| Poll, 1933 a : 114Contribution à la faune ichthyologique du Katanga.
| Worthington, 1933 a : 297The fishes of lake Nyasa (other than Cichlidae).
| Worthington, 1933 b : 38The fishes (other than Cichlidae) of lake Bangweulu and adjoining regions, including descriptions of three new species.
| Borodin, 1936 : 5On a collection of freshwater fishes from Lakes Nyasa, Tanganyika and Viktoria in Central Africa.
| Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b : 1081The fish of Lake Tanganyika (other than Cichlidae).
| David & Poll, 1937 : 206Contribution à la faune ichthyologique du Congo belge : collections du Dr. H. Schouteden (1924-1926) et d'autres récolteurs.
| Poll, 1938 b : 399Poissons du Katanga (bassin du Congo) récoltés par le Professeur Paul Brien.
| Parenzan, 1939 a : 160I pesci del bacino del Lago Regina Margharita nel Galla e Sidama.
| Ricardo, 1939 a : 640The fishes of Lake Rukwa.
| Ricardo, 1939 b : 20Report on the fish and fisheries of Lake Rukwa in Tanganyika Territory and the Bangweulu regions in Northern Rhodesia.
| Ricardo-Bertram et al., 1942 : 120, fig. 7 bReport on the fish and fisheries of Lake Nyasa.
| Ricardo-Bertram, 1943 : 199The fishes of the Bangweulu Region.
| Poll, 1946 : 171Révision de la faune ichthyologique du lac Tanganika.
| Poll, 1948 a : 7Poissons recueillis au Katanga par H.J. Bredo.
| Poll & Renson, 1948 : 13Les poissons, leur milieu et leur pêche au bief supérieur du Lualaba.
| Lockley, 1949 : 214The families of freshwater fishes of Tanganyika territory, with a key to their identification.
| Hulot, 1950 b : 158Le régime alimentaire des poissons du Centre africain. Intérêt éventuel de ces poissons en vue d'une zootechnie économique au Congo belge.
| Jubb, 1950 a : 46Some notes on freshwater fishes in Southern Rhodesia.
| Poll, 1950 b : 137Histoire du peuplement et origine des espèces de la faune ichthyologique du lac Tanganika.
| Jubb, 1951 b : 106, fig. 5Freshwater fishes in Southern Rhodesia. A catalog of the more common indigenous species.
| Poll, 1953 a : 47Poissons non Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947).
| Jubb, 1954 b : 696A note on a collection of freshwater fishes being prepared for the Queen Victoria Museum.
| Jubb, 1958 b : 218The distribution of freshwater fishes, a note on some Zambesi species.
| Fryer, 1959 b A report on the parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of the fishes of Lake Bangweulu (Northern Rhodesia).
| Fryer, 1960 a : 399Evolution of fishes in Lake Nyasa.
| Harding, 1960 : 95Preliminary observations on the effects of seasonal change in water condition on the fishery in the Bangweulu area of Northern Rhodesia.
| Maar, 1960 b : 145Dams and drowned-out stream fisheries in Southern Rhodesia (Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland).
| Soulsby, 1960 a : 326The Mweru-Wantipa fishing record.
| Jackson, 1961 a : 544Check-list of the fishes of Nyasaland.
| Jackson, 1961 b : 29The fishes of Northern Rhodesia : a checklist of indigenous species.
| Jubb, 1961 b : 37, pl. 9An illustrated guide to the freshwater fishes of the Zambezi river, Lake Kariba, Pungwe, Sabi, Lundi and Limpopo rivers.
| Jubb, 1963 c : 18A revised list of the freshwater fishes of southern Africa.
| Poll, 1963 : 101Zoogéographie ichthyologique du cours supérieur du Lualaba (Introduction à une zoogéographie ichthyologique causale du Katanga).
| Poll & Gosse, 1963 b : 69Contribution à l'étude systématique de la faune ichthyologique du Congo central.
| De Kimpe, 1964 : 74, fig. 15Contribution à l'étude hydrobiologique du Luapula-Moëro.
| Bell-Cross, 1965 a : 38Additions and amendments to the check list of the fishes of Zambia.
| Bell-Cross, 1966 a : 11The distribution of fishes in Central Africa.
| Taverne, 1967 : 666, fig. 2La squelette caudal des Mormyriformes et des Ostéoglossomorphes.
| Bailey, 1969 b : 177The non-cichlid fishes of the eastward flowing rivers of Tanzania, East Africa.
| Lowe-Mcconnell, 1969 : 59Speciation in tropical freshwater fishes.
| Quinet, 1971 Etude systématique des organes sensoriels de la peau des Mormyriformes (Pisces, Mormyriformes).
| Balon, 1972 a : 5, fig.Man-made creation, Lake Kariba on Zambezi River. Assessment of fish production and justification for ecosystem change.
| Taverne, 1972 : 164Ostéologie des genres Mormyrus Linné, Mormyrops Müller, Hyperopisus Gill, Isichthys Gill, Myomyrus Boulenger, Stomatorhinus Boulenger et Gymnarchus Cuvier. Considérations générales des poissons de l'ordre des Mormyriformes.
| Balon, 1974 a : 33, fig.Fishes of Lake Kariba, Africa.
| Balon, 1974 b : 654Fishes of the edge of Victoria Falls, Africa : demise of a physical barrier for downstream invasions.
| Balon, 1974 c : 258Fish production of a tropical ecosystem.
| Balon, 1974 d : 429Total production; available production and yield of major fish taxa from lake Kariba.
| Balon, 1974 f : 493Fish population of drainage area and the influence of ecosystem changes on fish distribution.
| Balon, 1974 g : 344The cornish-jack Mormyrops deliciosus (Leach, 1818) and the bottlenose Mormyrus longirostris Peters, 1852.
| Poll, 1976 b : 8Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte: Poissons.
| Tweddle et al., 1979 : 7, 81. The nature of the Barrier separating the Lake Malawi and Zambezi fish faunas.
| Tweddle & Willoughby, 1982 : 3, 5, 7, 8, 9The distribution and identification of mormyrid fishes in Malawi, with notes on the synonymy of Marcusenius nyasensis and M. livingstonii (Mormyriformes: Mormyridae).
| Gosse, 1984 d : 10316. Mormyridae.
| Bell-Cross & Minshull, 1988 : 107-109The fishes of Zimbabwe.
| Robins et al., 1991 : 26World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada.
| Eccles, 1992 : 30, 117, fig.FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania.
| Kolding et al., 1992 : 40Growth, mortality, maturity and length-weight parameters of fishes in Lake Kariba, Africa.
| Torres, 1992 : 43Length-weight relationships of Lake Kariba fishes.
| Skelton, 1993 b : 95-96, fig.A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa.
| Skelton, 1994 : 125, 128Diversity and distribution of freshwater fishes in East and Southern Africa.
| Fritzsch & Moller, 1995 : 54A history of electroreception.
| Sanyanga et al., 1995 : 69, 70, 72Abundance and distribution of inshore fish in fished and protected areas in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe.
| Kolding et al., 1996 : 18, 47Assessment of the Bangweulu swamps fisheries: final report, December 1996.
| Paperna, 1996 : 185Parasites, infections and diseases of fishes in Africa. An update.
| Seegers, 1996 : 78-81, fig. 47-50The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage.
| Losse, 1998 : 27Lake Kariba and the Gwembe Valley.
| Nsiku, 1999 : 170, 190Changes in the fisheries of Lake Malawi, 1976-1996: ecosystem-based analysis.
| De Vos et al., 2001 b : 131 (as Mormyrus longirostrus), photo 3L'ichtyofaune du bassin de la Malagarasi (système du Lac Tanganyika): une synthèse de la connaissance actuelle.
| Skelton, 2001 : 95-96, fig.A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa.
| Snoeks, 2004 : 20The non-cichlid fishes of the Lake Malawi system: a compilation.
| Getahun, 2007 c : 93An overview of the diversity and conservation status of the Ethiopian freshwater fauna.
| Kramer & van der Bank, 2011 : 2670The Victoria Falls, a species boundary for the Zambezi Parrotfish, Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852), and the resurrection of Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936) (Mormyridae: Teleostei).
| Marshall, 2011 : 45-47, fig.The fishes of Zimbabwe and their biology.
| Banyankimbona et al., 2012 b : 276, 279The riverine fishes of Burundi (East Central Africa): an annotated checklist.
| Okeyo & Ojwang, 2015 : 50A photographic guide to freshwater fishes of Kenya..
- Mormyrus (Mormyrus) mucupe :
Sauvage, 1880 a : 26 (junior synonym)Etude sur la faune ichthyologique de l'Ogôoué.
| Gosse, 1984 d : 103 (synonym of Mormyrus longirostris) (junior synonym)16. Mormyridae..
- Mormyrus (Mormyrus) longirostris :
Sauvage, 1880 a : 38 (senior synonym)Etude sur la faune ichthyologique de l'Ogôoué.
| Gosse, 1984 d : 103 (synonym of Mormyrus longirostris) (senior synonym)16. Mormyridae..
Attributs
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Colour pattern :
Marshall, 2011
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Seegers, 1996
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Skelton, 1993b
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Skelton, 2001
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Common names :
Oostelike bottelneus (Afrikaans), Mbubu (Bemba: Zambia), Rypoun dlouhorypy (Czech), Eastern bottlenose / Eastern bottlenose mormyrid / Elephant-snout (English), Ida-nokiskala (Estonian), Botomu (Nyanja: Malawi), Chingoti / Mphuta / Samwamowa [Nyanja (Chichewa): Malawi], Nkupe (Sena: Mozambique), Domodomo / Mbelewele / Mpanda / Tapondi (Swahili), Chingoti (Yao: Malawi)
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Condition / length-weight relationship :
Torres, 1992
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Current distribution known :
found from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. From central Africa, known from the Mweru-Luapula-Bangweulu system and into eastern Africa in Lake Malawi and affluent streams, throughout the Shire river and Lake Chiuta where it is very rare, as well as the Rufiji and Ruvuma rivers and Lake Rukwa in Tanzania, as well as Lake Tanganyika. In southern Africa, it is known from the Buzi and Pungwe Rivers
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Distribution_references :
Eccles, 1992
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Jackson, 1951
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Jubb, 1951
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Reizer, 1964
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Seegers, 1996
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Skelton, 1993b
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Skelton, 2001
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Food habits / trophic level :
feeds on weeds and insects but may also feed on small fishes and fish eggs, blood worms, small crustaceans and mollusks
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Food habits / trophic level_references :
Bell-Cross & Minshull, 1988
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Hulot, 1950b
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Marshall, 2011
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Skelton, 1993b
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Skelton, 2001
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Growth / growth performance :
Kolding et al., 1992
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Marshall, 2011
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Habitat / home range :
found in caves and muddy areas, also hides among weeds. Favours quiet deep water with a soft muddy bottom. Forms shoals and ctive mainly at night
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Habitat_references :
Bell-Cross & Minshull, 1988
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Eccles, 1992
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Seegers, 1996
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Skelton, 1993b
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Skelton, 2001
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Morphology / anatomy :
Marshall, 2011
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Quinet, 1971
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Seegers, 1996
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Skelton, 1993b
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Skelton, 2001
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Osteology :
Taverne, 1967
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Taverne, 1972
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Parasites :
Fryer, 1956e
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Fryer, 1959b
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Marshall, 2011
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Paperna, 1996
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Reproduction :
breeds during the rainy season, moving upstream in rivers after flood spates have receded. Females carry 10,000-70,000 eggs
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Reproduction_references :
Balon, 1974f
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Marshall, 2011
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Skelton, 1993b
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Skelton, 2001
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Size :
783 mm TL
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Types :
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Mormyrus longirostris Peters, 1852: 275. Type locality: "Zambeze". Syntypes ZMHU 3671-3672.
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Mormyrus mucupe Peters, 1852: 275. Type locality: "Mossambique". Holotype ZMHU 3670 (missing in the collections of ZMHU).
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Use and trade :
harvested for human consumption; considerable importance to the inshore fishery of Lake Kariba
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Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information :
Seegers, 1996
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