Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner, 1895 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 .
  • Common names : Rypoun liberijsky / Rypoun santpaulsky (Czech), Pikk koonuspea (Estonian), Yemdele (Mòoré: Burkina Faso) .
  • Current distribution known : seems to be restricted to the Volta basin, the rivers of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, and some coastal rivers of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau (Culufi). However, it can be assumed that in fact, it occurs within a coastal band extending from the Volta River to Guinea Bissau. Also known from a single specimen from the Mvi River, Sanaga River basin, Cameroon .
  • Distribution_references : Bigorne, 1987 | Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 .
  • Electrophysiology : Hopkins et al., 2017 | Kramer, 2013b .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Bigorne, 1987 | Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 | Kramer, 2013b .
  • Size : 650 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Mormyrops bougouribaensis Roman, 1966: 33, pl. 2, 1. Type locality: "Riv. Bougouriba, affl. Volta Noire, Haute Volta". Holotype MRAC 140.929; paratypes MRAC 140.930-933.
    • Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner, 1895 a: 66, pl. 1, fig. 2. Type locality: "aus dem St Paul-Flusse" Liberia. Holotype RMNH 5385.
    • Mormyrops elongatus Norman, 1935: 215, fig. 1. Type locality: "Ejura" Ashanti Forest, Gold Coast. Holotype BMNH 1934.8.31:2.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption and used in the aquarium trade .