Mormyrops nigricans Boulenger 1899

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Size:

to 368 mm SL

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Habitat and Ecology:

Habitat and Ecology

This is a demersal species.

Systems

  • Freshwater
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Environment:

demersal; freshwater

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Electric Organ Discharge:

EOD very long duration compared to other species (often exceeding 8 ms). The waveform is biphasic, the first phase being head-positive. There is often an inflection point in the first, head-positive phase, which may be large enough to create two distinct peaks. The origin of this inflection/peak is unknown. In some specimens, this early peak is larger than the second. The mean duration is 8.8 ms ± 3.6 stdev (n = 16), the peak of the power spectrum is 198 Hz ± 43.55 (stdev).

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Barcode data: Mormyrops nigricans:

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank.

Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.

See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen.

Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.

GATAGTGGGCACTGCACTGAGCCTCCTTATCCGAGCGGAATTAAACCAACCAGGAGCACTGCTTGGCGACGACCAGATTTATAATGTCATCGTTACGGCACACGCCTTCGTAATAATTTTCTTCATAGTAATGCCAATCATGATCGGCGGCTTTGGCAACTGATTAATCCCCCTTATGATCGGCGCCCCAGACATGGCATTCCCCCGAATGAACAACATAAGCTTCTGACTCCTACCGCCATCCTTCCTCCTTCTACTTGCCTCCTCTGGAGTCGAAGCTGGAGTTGGAACAGGGTGAACTGTTTACCCGCCCCTGGCCGGCAATTTAGCCCATGCCGGGGCCTCTGTAGACCTAGCCATTTTCTCCCTCCACTTAGCCGGTGTTTCCTCCATCCTTGGCTCTATCAACTTCATCACCACAATCATCAACATAAAACCCCCAGCAATTTCCCAATACCAAACCCCCCTCTTTATTTGAGCCCTGTTAGTGACCACCGTCTTACTACTACTATCCCTGCCGGTCCTAGCTGCAGGAATCACAATACTACTAACAGATCGAAACCTAAACACAACATTCTTCGATCCGGCAGGCGGGGGAGACCCAATCCTCTACCAACACCTA
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Mormyrops nigricans:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2010

Assessor/s

Moelants, T.

Reviewer/s

Brummett, R., Mbe Tawe, A.N., Dening Touokong, C., Reid, G.M., Snoeks, J. Staissny, M., Moelants, T., Mamonekene, V., Ndodet, B., Ifuta, S.N.B., Chilala, A., Monsembula, R., Ibala Zamba, A., Opoye Itoua, O., Pouomogne, V., Darwall, W. & Smith, K.

Contributor/s

Justification

The species is widespread without major threats throughout central Africa and is assessed as Least Concern.
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Population:

Population

No information available.

Population Trend

Unknown
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Threats:

Major Threats

None known.
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Least Concern (LC)

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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith