Mormyrops (Oxymormyrus) boulengeri (Pellegrin, 1900)

Onglets principaux

EOL Text

Environment:

demersal; freshwater

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Electric Organ Discharge:

EOD waveform is of the kind produced by Pa-type electrocytes, with a small head-negative pre-potential, a large head-positive phase followed a large head-negative phase. EODs of juveniles and females are of short duration (1–1.5 ms), while mature male EODs are often considerably longer, between 7–12 ms in duration.

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Barcode data: Oxymormyrus boulengeri:

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


There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.

Below is a 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 and other sequences.

TTGAGCCGGAATAGTGGGCACTGCACTGAGCCTCCTTATCCGAGCGGAATTAAACCAACCAGGGGCACTGCTTGGCGACGACCAGATTTATAATGTCATCGTCACAGCACACGCCTTCGTAATAATTTTCTTCATAGTAATGCCAATCATGATCGGCGGCTTTGGCAACTGATTAATTCCCCTTATAATCGGCGCCCCAGATATAGCATTCCCCCGAATAAACAACATAAGCTTCTGACTCCTACCACCATCTTTCCTCCTTCTACTTGCCTCCTCTGGGGTCGAAGCTGGTGTTGGAACGGGATGAACTGTCTACCCACCCCTGGCTGGCAATTTAGCCCATGCCGGAGCTTCTGTAGACCTAGCCATTTTCTCCCTCCACTTAGCCGGTGTTTCCTCCATTCTTGGCTCTATCAACTTCATCACCACAATCATCAACATAAAACCCCCAGCAATCTCCCAATACCAAACCCCCCTCTTTATTTGAGCCCTGTTAGTGACCACCGTCCTACTACTACTATCCCTGCCAGTCCTAGCTGCAGGAATCACGATACTGCTAACAGATCGAAACCTAAACACAACATTCTTCGACCCAGCAGGCGGAGGAGACCCAATCCTCTACCAACACCTA
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Oxymormyrus boulengeri:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 6
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
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

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

Justification

The species is widespread or without major threats throughout the Central Africa assessment region and is assessed as Least Concern.
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Population:

Population

No information available.

Population Trend

Unknown
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Threats:

Major Threats

None known.
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Least Concern (LC)

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General Description:

From Boulenger 1909:

Depth of body 9 times in total length, length of head 3 1/2 times. Head 3 to 3-1 times as long as deep ; snout produced into a long, slender, slightly curved tube, 6 or 7 times as long as deep; mouth terminal, very a little nearer opercular border than end of snout, its diameter 2/3 interocular width. Dorsal 17, 2/5 to 1/2 length of anal and above its middle, and 3 times as distant from end of snout as from root of caudal. Anal 38, originating nearer caudal than head. Pectoral rounded, 1/3 length of head. Caudal small, scaly at the base, with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle 2 1/2 times as long as deep, its length 3 1/2 or 4 times in length of head. 63-70 scales in lateral line, 9/10–11 transverse series on body, 12-13 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 8 round caudal peduncle. Blackish brown.


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Conservation Actions:

Conservation Actions

None known.
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