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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General Description:
Translated from Pellegin's original description (1926):
Depth of the body is contained 4 1/3 times in its length, excluding the tail, the length of the head barely 4 times. The upper profile of the head descends into a slight curve. The snout is approximately as long as deep, its length contained 1¼ times in the postorbital distance of the head. There is a rudimentary protruding appendage on the chin. The mouth opens a little below a horizontal through the lower margin of the eye. There are 5 truncated teeth above, 7 truncated or bicuspid teeth below. The eye is large, oval, its horizontal diameter is included 2 times in snout length, 1 ¼ times in the interorbital space. There are 95 scales in longitudinal series, 20/25 transverse, 18/18 between the dorsal and anal, 22 round caudal peduncle. The dorsal, nearly 4 times as long as the anal, starts in front of the origin of ventral and consists of 3 simple and 62 branched rays. The origin of the anal is equidistant from the base of the pectorals and the caudal and is composed of three simple rays and 16 branched. The pectoral, rounded, almost reaches the origin of the ventral and is 2/3 the length of the head. The caudal peduncle is 2 times as long as high measures nearly ½ of the length of the head. The caudal, scaly, has pointed lobes. The coloration is olive-brown on top, yellowish brown with silvery below. The fins are greyish. D. 65; A. 19, P. 14; V. 6; Sq 20 | 95 | 25.
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Range Description:
Endemic to the Athi River system (Seeges et al. 2004).
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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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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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| Rights holder/Author | Sullivan, John P., Sullivan, John P., Africhthy |
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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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