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Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866 |
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- Mormyrus macrophthalmus :
Günther, 1866 a : 217Catalogue of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 6 : Physostomi.
| Boulenger, 1898 f : 815A revision of the genera and species of fishes of the family Mormyridae.
| Boulenger, 1898 k : 15Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo.
| Boulenger, 1902 l : 326Second account of the fishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta.
| Boulenger, 1905 c : 39A list of freshwater fishes of Africa.
| Boulenger, 1909 a : 130, fig. 108Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History).
| Boulenger, 1914 b : 384Descriptions of three new fishes from South Cameroon.
| Pellegrin, 1922 i : 635Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale.
| Trewavas & Irvine, 1947 : 224, fig. 137Freshwater fishes of the Gold Coast.
| Daget, 1948 c : 14La collection des poissons d'eau douce de l'I.F.A.N.
| Daget, 1954 : 78, fig. 16Les poissons du Niger supérieur.
| Daget, 1957 b : 328Données récentes sur la biologie des poissons dans le delta central du Niger.
| Daget, 1957 c : 121Les poissons. In Les eaux et les poissons de Haute Volta.
| Daget, 1960 e : 328Poissons de la Volta Noire et de la Haute Comoé (Mission d'Aubenton- Arnoult. oct.-déc. 1959).
| Daget, 1961 g : 70Report on the Kainji dam project (Fisheries). Hydrobiology and inland fisheries. Fourth symposium. River basins subject to heavy seasonal floods.
| Daget & Stauch, 1963 a : 86Poissons de la partie camerounaise du bassin de la Bénoué.
| Roman, 1966 : 11Les poissons des hauts-bassins de la Volta.
| Petr, 1967 a : 200Fish population changes in the Volta Lake in Ghana, during its first sixteen months.
| Roberts, 1967 a : 11A provisional check-list of the fresh-water fishes of the Volta Basin, with notes on species of possible economic importance.
| Petr, 1968 a : 429Distribution, abundance and food of commercial fish in the Black Volta and the Volta man-made lake in Ghana, during its first period of filling (1964-1966). I. Mormyridae.
| Ajayi, 1971 : 31Panyam fish farm and the introduction of the european carp (Cyprinus carpio).
| Roman, 1972 : 13La Haute-Volta, carrefour ichthyologique.
| 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.
| Lelek, 1973 : 390Sequence of changes in fish populations of the new tropical man-made lake Kainji, Nigeria, West Africa.
| Lewis, 1974 b : 289The effects of the formation of Lake Kainji (Nigeria) upon the indigenous fish population.
| Roman, 1974 : 43Complément d'information sur les poissons des hauts-bassins du fleuve Volta. (Première note).
| Fowler, 1975 : 21A catalog of World fishes (22).
| Blake, 1977 b : 37The effect of the impoundment of Lake Kainji, Nigeria, on the indigenous species of mormyrid fishes.
| Reid & Sydenham, 1979 : 46A checklist of lower Benue river fishes and an ichthyogeographical review of the Benue River (West Africa).
| Gosse, 1984 d : 10416. Mormyridae.
| Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985 b : 325, 331-332, fig. 5Répartition et variabilité des caractères méristiques et métriques des espèces du genre Mormyrus (Pisces - Mormyridae) en Afrique de l'Ouest.
| Bigorne, 1990 a : 130-131, fig. 15.615. Mormyridae.
| Vivien, 1991 : 100, 120Faune du Cameroun. Guide des mammifères et des poissons.
| Paugy et al., 1994 : 49, 50Faune ichtyologique des eaux douces d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
| Fritzsch & Moller, 1995 : 54A history of electroreception.
| Olaosebikan & Raji, 1998 : 84Field guide to Nigerian freshwater fishes.
| Dankwa et al., 1999 : 14Freshwater fishes of Ghana: identification, distribution, ecological and economic importance.
| Bigorne, 2003 b : 163-165, fig. 15.515. Mormyridae.
| Dankwa, 2003 a : 224Traditional knowledge of freshwater fishes in some fishing communities in Ghana.
| Mdaihli et al., 2003 : 154Fisheries in the southern border zone of Takamanda Forest Reserve, Cameroon.
| Hopkins et al., 2007 : 260-263, fig.12.3612: Mormyridae.
| Adjibade et al., 2019 : 106, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114Biodiversity and community structure of Mormyridae (Pisces: Teleostei: Osteoglossiformes) from Niger River in Northern Benin: threats, conservation and valorization perspectives.
| Prié et al., 2021 : 649, 650, 652From fin rays to DNA: supplementary morphological and molecular data to identify Mormyrus subundulatus Roberts, 1989 (Pisces: Mormyridae) from the Bandama River in Côte d'Ivoire..
- Mormyrus (Mormyrus) macrophthalmus :
Sauvage, 1880 a : 22 (senior synonym)Etude sur la faune ichthyologique de l'Ogôoué.
| Gosse, 1984 d : 104 (synonym of Mormyrus macrophthalmus) (senior synonym)16. Mormyridae..
Attributs
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Colour pattern :
Bigorne, 1990a
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Bigorne, 2003
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Hopkins et al., 2017
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Common names :
Nemeli / Numeli (Adangme: Ghana), Elephant fish (Creole, English: Cameroon), Rypoun okaty (Czech), Mormyrids / Trunkfish (English), Suursilm-nokiskala (Estonian), Avakili / Gordorgor-nukpui / Lewoe-agamata / Liwe / Liwoe agamata (Ewe: Ghana), Nuijatapiirikala (Finnish), Idon / Miligi / Milligi (Hausa: Nigeria), Ugbala (Ijo: Nigeria), Bunyi karam (Kanuri: Nigeria), Dwangwa (Nupe: Nigeria), Lele (Yoruba: Nigeria)
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Current distribution known :
known from the Niger basin (including Benue River) and Volta basin. Also, known from two collection localities in Lower Guinea, one from the Cross River and one from the Sanaga River of Cameroon. Its identification and distribution should be considered provisional pending additional collections
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Distribution_references :
Bigorne, 1990a
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Bigorne, 2003
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Hopkins et al., 2017
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Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985b
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Petr, 1968a
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Electrophysiology :
Hopkins et al., 2017
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Food habits / trophic level_references :
Petr, 1968a
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Genetics :
Prié et al., 2021
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Morphology / anatomy :
Bigorne, 1990a
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Bigorne, 2003
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Hopkins et al., 2017
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Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985b
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Phylogeny :
Prié et al., 2021
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Size :
281 mm SL
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Types :
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Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866 a: 217. Type locality: "West Africa ". Holotype BMNH 1863.7.30:4.
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Use and trade :
harvested for human consumption, and has some commercial importance in central Africa
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