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Mormyridae
Mormyrops caballus Pellegrin, 1927
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Africa: Cameroon (Sanaga, Nyong, and Bénoué Rivers), Guinea (Konkouré River), Sierra Leone (Sewa and Jong Rivers) and in the upper Niger.
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In Lower Guinea found in the Sanaga and the Nyong rivers of Cameroon. In West Africa M. caballus is found in the Benoué, the upper Niger and is known from several localities in Sierra Leone. See Fishbase for museum records and localities.
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West-central Africa.
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 35; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 39 - 45
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Maximum size: 460 mm SL
46.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2915))
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Max size 486 mm SL.
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Characterized by long narrow chin which looks like that of a horse. The head narrows from the gills to the snout. Interorbital space narrow (head length/width of interorbital space 9.5-17.5). Eyes situated dorsally. LS/body depth 6.3-7.9. Color uniformly dark.
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One of two very elongate Mormyrops with non-tubular snouts in Lower Guinea (depth more than 5.9 times into SL). The other, M. breviceps, is distinguished from M. caballus by the wider head profile when viewed from above. The ratio of the HL to interorbital width is 10–18 compared to 9 in M. breviceps (see BIGORNE, 1987).
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demersal; freshwater
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