Mormyrus bernhardi
Behaviour:
EOD of Mormyrus bernhardi is unknown.
Distribution:
Only known from type locality(?), which is presumably the Athi River near Nairobi. See Fishbase for museum records and localities. No records as of July 2012.
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Mormyridae
Mormyrus bernhardi Pellegrin, 1926
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Africa: Kenya.
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Eastern Africa.
Max. size:
19.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 42504))
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Habitat and Ecology:
Habitat and Ecology
Max. size: 19.0 cm SL (after Froese and Pauly 2003).
Systems
- Freshwater
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Environment:
demersal; freshwater
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Electric Organ Discharge:
EOD of Mormyrus bernhardi is unknown.
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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category
DD
Data Deficient
Red List Criteria
3.1
Year Assessed
2006
Assessor/s
Vreven, E.
Reviewer/s
Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Contributor/s
Taxonomic uncertainty. According to Seegers et al. (2004) the validity of its species status is doubtful. Possibly it is a junior synonym of Mormyrus hildebrandti. In the literature the species is known only from its holotype.
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Population:
Population
No information available.
Population Trend
Unknown
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Threats:
Major Threats
Fisheries (after Froese and Pauly 2003).
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Data deficient (DD)
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