Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau (de), 1861 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Common names : Ndikusi / Westelike bottelneus (Afrikaans), Tshota mwalwa [Chokwe (Tshokwe): Angola], Rypoun botswansky (Czech), Bottle-nose / Westelike bottelneus / Western bottlenose / Western bottlenose mormyrid (English), Lääne-nokiskala (Estonian) .
  • Current distribution known : occurs in the Upper Zambezi River system and also in the Kafue system .
  • Distribution_references : Jackson, 1961b | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Electrophysiology : Kramer, 2013c | van der Bank & Kramer, 1996 .
  • Food habits : feeds mainly on insect larvae, shrimps, small snails and small fish .
  • Food habits_references : Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Genetics : van der Bank & Kramer, 1996 .
  • Growth / growth performance : Mosepele & Nengu, 2003 .
  • Habitat / home range : prefers quiet stretches of river channels, deep pools and floodplain lagoons with aquatic vegetation; may form small shoals .
  • Habitat_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Greenwood, 1971b | Kramer, 2013c | Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Phylogeny : van der Bank & Kramer, 1996 | Winemiller & Adite, 1997 .
  • Reproduction : known to move up tributaries when they come down in spate and may breed in newly inundated areas. Spawns during the rainy season; females carry up to 7,000 eggs .
  • Reproduction_references : Balon, 1974f | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Size : 500 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Mormyrus anchietae Guimares, 1885 a: 4, pl. 1, fig. 3. Type locality: "Cunene Caconda (R. Cuce) Angola". Type lost.
    • Mormyrus ellenbergeri Pellegrin, 1914 b: 24. Type locality: "Haut-Zambèze, aux environs de Léalui, capitale indigène du pays des Barotsé ou Barotseland (North Western Rhodesia)". Syntypes MNHN 13.299-300.
    • Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau (de), 1861: 61. Type locality: "Lac Ngami". Type lost.
  • Use and trade : caught by subsistence fishermen and anglers; relatively unimportant in the upper Zambezi fishery .