Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner, 1894

Onglets principaux

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Biology:

Affinities: morphologically similar to M. anguilloides (Ref. 2915).

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Range Description:

This species is known from scattered locations from Guinea Bissau to Ghana, with one additional recording in Cameroon.

Central Africa: In Lower Guinea, Mormyrops breviceps is known from a single specimen from the Mvi River, Sanaga River basin, Cameroon.

Western Africa: The distributional area of this species seems to be restricted to the Volta, the rivers of Cte d'Ivoire and Ghana, and some coastal rivers of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau (Culufi). However it might be assumed that M. breviceps in fact occurs within a coastal band extending from the Volta rivers to Guinea Bissau.

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Africa: Restricted to the Volta, rivers in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia and Guinea-Bissau (St. Paul, Mano and Culufi Rivers).

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West-central Africa.

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27 - 33; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 41 - 51

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Maximum size: 650 mm SL

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Max. size:

65.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2915))

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SL/Body depth 8.0-11.7. LS/Head length 4.3-6.2. Narrow snout. Head length/Width of interorbital space 5.0-9.3. Uniformly dark colored.

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Habitat and Ecology:

Habitat and Ecology

This species is demersal.

Systems

  • Freshwater
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Environment:

demersal; freshwater

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