Mormyrops engystoma
Behaviour:
EOD is unknown.
Distribution:
Lower Congo. See Fishbase for museum records.
Mormyrops engystoma Boulenger, 1898
EOL Text
Distribution:
Lower Congo. See Fishbase for museum records.
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Central Africa.
Max. size:
14.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 42476))
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| Rights holder/Author | Tess Cruz, FishBase |
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Habitat and Ecology:
Habitat and Ecology
This is a demersal species.
Systems
- Freshwater
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Environment:
demersal; freshwater
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Electric Organ Discharge:
EOD is unknown.
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Barcode data: Mormyrops engystoma:
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
No available public DNA sequences.
Download FASTA File
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Mormyrops engystoma:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category
LC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
3.1
Year Assessed
2010
Assessor/s
Moelants, T.
Reviewer/s
Brummett, R., Mbe Tawe, A.N., Dening Touokong, C., Reid, G.M., Snoeks, J. Staissny, M., Moelants, T., Mamonekene, V., Ndodet, B., Ifuta, S.N.B., Chilala, A., Monsembula, R., Ibala Zamba, A., Opoye Itoua, O., Pouomogne, V., Darwall, W. & Smith, K.
Contributor/s
There are currently no threats to the species known. If the construction of Inga 3 and Grand Inga, and the Luozi mining project will be executed, the status of this species needs to be reassessed, but it is unlikely that these threats will have a significant negative impact.
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Population:
Population
No information available.
Population Trend
Unknown
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