Marcusenius cyprinoides
Distribution:
Nile, from the Delta to Bahr-el-Jebel, Niger and Chad basins, Bénoué River. See FishBase for museum records and localities.
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Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
EOL Text
Distribution:
Nile, from the Delta to Bahr-el-Jebel, Niger and Chad basins, Bénoué River. See FishBase for museum records and localities.
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| Rights holder/Author | Sullivan, John P., Sullivan, John P., Africhthy |
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Conservation Actions:
Conservation Actions
No information available.
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Nile River, Africa.
Importance:
fisheries: minor commercial
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 31; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 31 - 37
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| Rights holder/Author | Maria Lourdes D. Palomares, FishBase |
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Maximum size: 330 mm SL
Max. size:
33.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2915)); max. published weight: 458 g (Ref. 2915)
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Dorsal fin slightly behind anal fin origin. Body depth 3.0-4.7 x SL and peduncle length 2.0-3.4 x its depth.
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| Rights holder/Author | Maria Lourdes D. Palomares, FishBase |
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Habitat and Ecology:
Habitat and Ecology
This species inhabits lakes, streams and lagoons, and is demersal and potamodromous. Food consists mainly of aquatic insects, crustaceans, annelid worms and vegetable matter. This species is nocturnal, and mostly bottom dwelling. It breeds during flood season and enters the floodplain for this purpose. It has an electric organ in the caudal muscle with a weak discharge.
Systems
- Freshwater
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Environment:
demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater
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| Rights holder/Author | Tess Cruz, FishBase |
| Source | http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5082 |