Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866

Onglets principaux

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Environment:

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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Barcode data: Mormyrus macrophthalmus:

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank.

Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.

See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen.

Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.

CTATACTTAGTATTCGGGGCTTGAGCCGGAATAGTGGGCACTGCACTGAGCCTCCTAATCCGAGCCGAACTAAACCAACCTGGAGCACTGCTTGGTGACGACCAGATTTATAATGTTATCGTCACAGCACACGCCTTCGTAATAATCTTCTTTATGGTAATGCCAATTATAATCGGTGGATTCGGCAACTGACTAATCCCCCTCATGCTAGGTGCCCCCGATATAGCATTCCCCCGAATAAACAACATAAGCTTCTGACTCCTGCCCCCATCATTCCTACTCCTACTCGCCTCCTCCGGCGTAGAAGCCGGAGTCGGAACCGGGTGAACTGTCTATCCACCACTAGCCGGTAATCTGGCCCACGCAGGAGCCTCTGTAGACCTCGCCATTTTCTCCCTTCACTTAGCCGGAGTCTCATCCATTCTAGGATCAATCAACTTCATCACCACAATCATCAACATGAAACCACCAGCGATCTCCCAATACCAGACCCCCCTCTTTATCTGAGCCACCCTAGTAACCACAGTCCTACTACTATTATCACTACCAGTACTTGCCGCAGGAATTACAATACTGTTAACTGACCGAAACCTAAACACAACATTCTTTGACCCGGCAGGGGGAGGAGACCCAATTCTCTACCAACACCTA
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Mormyrus macrophthalmus:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2010

Assessor/s

Entsua-Mensah, M., Lalèyè, P. & Moelants, T.

Reviewer/s

Snoeks, J., Tweddle, D., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P., Paugy, D., Zaiss, R., Fishar, M.R.A & Brooks, E.

Contributor/s

Justification

This species has a wide distribution, with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. It has also been assessed regionally as Least Concern for western Africa, though potential threats are deforestation, drought and aquatic weeds. In central Africa Mormyrus macrophthalmus is only known from two localities. Its identification and distribution should be considered provisional pending additional collections, and is thus categorized as Data Deficient.
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Population:

Population

No information available.

Population Trend

Unknown
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Threats:

Major Threats

This species has commercial importance in central Africa. Deforestation, droughts and invasive weeds are possible threats to some west African populations.
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Least Concern (LC)

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Range Description:

This species is patchily distributed from Guinea to Cameroon.

Central Africa: It is known from two collection localities in Lower Guinea, one from the Cross River and one from the Sanaga River of Cameroon. Its identification and distribution should be considered provisional pending additional collections.

Western Africa: It is found in the Niger and Volta River basins.

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Conservation Actions:

Conservation Actions

None known. Population trends should be monitored, and habitat conservation and restoration is required.
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