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Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington, 1929 |
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- Mormyrus macrocephalus :
Worthington, 1929 a : 430, fig. 2New species of fish from the Albert Nyanza and Lake Kioga.
| Worthington, 1929 b : 100A report on the fishing survey of lakes Albert and Kioga (March to July 1928).
| Maclaren, 1954 b : 11Nigerian fishes and their palatability.
| Greenwood, 1956 a : 132, fig. 5The fishes of Uganda. II.
| Corbet, 1961 : 19The food of non-cichlid fishes in the Lake Victoria Basin, with remarks on their evolution and adaptation to lacustrine conditions.
| Greenwood, 1963 a : 62A collection of fishes from the Aswa river drainage system, Uganda.
| Okedi, 1969 : 42Observations on the breeding and growth of certain Mormyrid fishes of the Lake Victoria Basin.
| 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.
| Fowler, 1975 : 21A catalog of World fishes (22).
| Gosse, 1984 d : 103-10416. Mormyridae.
| Fritzsch & Moller, 1995 : 54A history of electroreception..
Attributs
- DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
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Behaviour / ethology :
Okedi, 1968
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Common names :
Rypoun velkohlavy (Czech), Suurpea-nokiskala (Estonian)
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Current distribution known :
only known from Lakes Kyoga and Kwania (Uganda) and the Victoria Nile and Aswa River. Present in and above dams in the Teso district and the Aswa River in Uganda
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Distribution_references :
Greenwood, 1956a
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Food habits / trophic level :
generalist feeder. Insectivorous as juvenile, adults eat Caridina, small fishes, and Povilla and Odonata larvae. Prawns, water weed and oligochaetes have also been found in the stomach
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Food habits / trophic level_references :
Corbet, 1961
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Greenwood, 1956a
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Worthington, 1929
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Reproduction_references :
Greenwood, 1956a
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Size :
420 mm TL
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Types :
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Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington, 1929 a: 430, fig. 2. Type locality: "Lakes Kwania, Kioga and the Victoria Nile between Namasagali and Atura". Syntypes BMNH 1929.1.24:24-29.
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