Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus, 1758) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Behaviour / ethology : Moller et al., 1979 .
  • Chromosomes : Simanovsky et al., 2020 .
  • Colour pattern : Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 | Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Common names : Bomete / Ilitosini / Ndjandja [Kele (Ya Okandja): Democratic Republic of the Congo], Bokobo [Kele (Ya Wembe): Democratic Republic of the Congo], Gulum / Nrii / Rîn (Kim: Chad), Mamankalay (Limba, west-central: Sierra Leone), Ndjandja [Lombo (Olombo): Democratic Republic of the Congo], Ndurguy (Mende: Sierra Leone), Yemdele (Mòoré: Burkina Faso), Not (Nuer: Sudan), Dwangwa (Nupe: Nigeria), Mphuta [Nyanja (Chichewa): Malawi], Nentche (Sena: Mozambique), Adolo (Shilluk: Sudan), Ndjandja [So (Eso): Democratic Republic of the Congo], Wandaana (Soninké: Senegal), Linjolo / Nyanda (Swahili), Aloh (Themne: Sierra Leone), Lele / Ogodorobo (Yoruba: Nigeria), Gbodongo (Zande: Sudan) | Nua gbemazu (Adangme: Ghana), Cornish jack / Roof-bottelneus (Afrikaans), Taraza (Arabic), Flô (Baoulé: Côte d'Ivoire), Lombolombo / Milobe / Mulobe / Ntongo (Bemba: Zambia), Kalembe / Kalembele / Kambangaji / Lundembe / Ndembe / Ngulu / Tulembele / Tumbangaji [Chokwe (Tshokwe): Angola], Rypoun uhorovity (Czech), Geddelignende snabelfisk (Danish), Akinkin [Dinka, Northeastern (Dinka): Sudan], African carp / Cornish jack (English), Haug-koonuspea (Estonian), Noagbe (Ewe: Ghana), Pitkänorsukala (Finnish), Ndelew [Fulfulde, Pulaar (Pulaar): Senegal], Nuagbemazu (Ga: Ghana), Milligi (Hausa: Nigeria), Ogboro (Ijo: Nigeria), Bunge (Jula: Burkina Faso), Bunyi karam (Kanuri: Nigeria) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Lalèyè, 2006 | Offem et al., 2009 | Tah et al., 2012 | Torres, 1992 | Yao et al., 2019c .
  • Current distribution known : a very wide distribution area which includes most of the West African river basins, White Nile River, Uebi Shebeli and Juba River, and the Congo River basin; in southern Africa, restricted to the middle and lower Zambezi, Buzi and Pungwe. Also known from Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Albert .
  • Distribution_references : Balon, 1974f | Bigorne, 1987 | Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Eccles, 1992 | Hopkins et al., 2017 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 | Stiassny et al., 2021 .
  • Electrophysiology : Hopkins et al., 2017 | Kramer, 2013b | Moller et al., 1979 .
  • Food habits : juveniles prey on invertebrates, mainly shrimps and insect larvae; larger individuals feed on small cichlids, minnows and labeos .
  • Food habits_references : Bailey, 1994 | Marshall, 2011 | Paugy & Bénech, 1989 | Sandon & Amin Al Tayib, 1953 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Genetics : Levin & Golubtsov, 2017 .
  • Growth / growth performance : Balon, 1974f | King, 1997 | Kolding et al., 1992 | Marshall, 2011 | Mérona et al., 1988 .
  • Habitat / home range : juveniles occur in marginal habitats, adults prefer deep quiet water between boulders and below overhangs, away from strong currents; also occurs beneath Salvinia mats and in river estuaries in Lake Kariba .
  • Habitat_references : Eccles, 1992 | Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Life span : may live for 8 years or more .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Bigorne, 1987 | Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Feulner et al., 2009b | Greenwood, 1971b | Hopkins et al., 2017 | Hugueny & Pouilly, 1999 | Kramer, 2013b | Marshall, 2011 | Orts, 1967 | Quinet, 1971 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Osteology : Gregory, 1933 | Taverne, 1972 .
  • Parasites : Fryer, 1956e | Marshall, 2011 .
  • Phylogeny : Levin & Golubtsov, 2017 .
  • Production : Marshall, 2011 .
  • Reproduction : a fractional spawner that breeds in summer during the rainy season; mature females carry 25000 or more eggs .
  • Reproduction_references : Albaret, 1982 | Balon, 1974f | Blake, 1977a | Breder & Rosen, 1966 | Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Size : 1,500 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Mormyrops anguilloides voltae Roman, 1966: 36, pl. 6, fig. 11. Type locality: "Riv. Kou, affl. de la Volta Noire, Rép. Haute Volta". Holotype, MRAC 140.928.
    • Mormyrops longiceps Günther, 1867 b: 117. Type locality: "Bossumprah River, Gold Coast". Type lost.
    • Mormyrus anguilloides Linnaeus, 1758: 327. Type locality: "Nilo". Type lost.
    • Mormyrus dendera Lacépède, 1803: 619. Type locality: "Nil". Type lost.
    • Mormyrus herse Sonnini, 1799: pl. 22, fig. 1. Type locality: "Egypte". Type lost.
    • Mormyrus (Mormyrops) swanenburgi Schilthuis, 1891: 91. Type locality: "Kinshasa, Stanley-Pool". Holotype BMNH 1899.9.6:17.
    • Mormyrus zambanenje Peters, 1852: 275. Type locality: "Zambeze". Holotype ZMHU n° 6616.
    • Oxyrhynchus deliciosus Leach in Tuckey, 1818: 410. Type locality: "River Zaïre". Type stuffed, BMNH 1979.5.29:1.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption. Taken in commercial fisheries on Lake Kariba; flesh not particularly palatable, but greatly improved smoking .