Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus, 1758 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Chromosomes : Simanovsky et al., 2021a | Simanovsky et al., 2021b .
  • Common names : Khashm al banat (Arabic), Kasuruban [Chiga (Kiga): Uganda], Rypoun dlouhoploutvy (Czech), Ashambil / Got / Ugot [Dinka, Northeastern (Dinka): Sudan], Eastern bottlenose / Elephant snout (English), Kirdeaafrika nokiskala (Estonian), Niilintapiirikala (Finnish), N'djaï / N'djon / Nrii / Rîn (Kim: Chad), Entanana / Kasuruban (Konzo: Uganda), Tushunda (Nubian: Sudan), Letril (Nuer: Sudan), Ado lakok (Shilluk: Sudan), Tumbara (Zande: Sudan) .
  • Current distribution known : known from the Lower Nile and Bahr-el-Jebel, Lakes Edward, George and Albert, Albert and Murchison Niles near the delta .
  • Distribution_references : Greenwood, 1956a .
  • Food habits : bottom feeder; diet consists mainly of aquatic insects, particularly chironomid larvae and small shrimps, worms and vegetation .
  • Food habits_references : Bailey, 1994 | Hickley & Bailey, 1987 | Hulot, 1950b | Sandon & Amin Al Tayib, 1953 .
  • Habitat / home range : active mainly at night, and favours quite deep water with a soft muddy bottom .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Greenwood, 1971b .
  • Physiology / metabolism : Moritz, 2015 .
  • Reproduction : breeds in summer .
  • Reproduction_references : Bailey, 1994 .
  • Size : 1,000 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus, 1758: 327. Type locality: "Nil". Type lost| Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 456. Type lost.
    • Mormyrus longipinnis Rüppell, 1832: 7, pl. 1, fig. 2. Type locality: "aus dem Fischmarkt in Cairo". Syntypes BMNH 1860.11.9:133-136.
  • Use and trade : marketable when caught .