Originale description from Lacepède (1803) :
Le mormyre bané (Mormyrus [i.e., Petrocephalus] bane):
Le museau obtus; la mâchoire supérieure beaucoup plus avancée que l'inférieure ; la dorsale égale en longueur à la nageoire de l'anus; un seul orifice à chaque narine.
La huitième espèce de mormyre de Lacepède
Described from the Nile River. Elsewhere, Petrocephalus bane is widely distributed in West Africa.
demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater
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Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Feeds mostly on insects (Ref. 6160).
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Not Evaluated
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aquarium: commercial
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Petrocephalus bane is a species of elephantfish native to Africa where it occurs in the basins of the Nile, Bénoué and Volta rivers and the Chad Basin. It prefers relatively still waters of lakes, irrigation canals and lagoons. This species can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[1]
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Inhabits open water and vegetated areas of lakes, lagoons and irrigation canals. Females grow larger and are more frequently caught than males. Chiefly insectivorous, feeding on the bottom and in vegetation (Ref. 28714). Affinities: P. ansorgii, differ only by the small eyes, the thick caudal peduncle, numerous teeth on lower jaw and the uniform silvery color (P. ansorgii has a spot on the dorsal fin).
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Originale description from Lacepède (1803) :
Le mormyre bané (Mormyrus [i.e., Petrocephalus] bane):
Le museau obtus; la mâchoire supérieure beaucoup plus avancée que l'inférieure ; la dorsale égale en longueur à la nageoire de l'anus; un seul orifice à chaque narine.
La huitième espèce de mormyre de Lacepède
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Africa.
Africa: Nile basin, also from the Bénoué, Chad and Volta River (Ref. 2915).
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