Paramormyrops sphekodes
Size:
holotype measures 113.8 mm SL
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Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879)
EOL Text
Africa: Ogowe River and other coastal River basins in Cameroon, Gabon and Republic of Congo (Ref. 81635). Reports from the Congo River basin (Ref. 3203, 51193, 88779) are not confirmed (Ref. 81635).
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Western Africa.
Distribution:
A Lower Guinea endemic. The holotype and one additional specimen of this species were collected in 1876 by Alfred Marche in the Ogowe River at Doumé (35 km upstream of Lastoursville, Gabon). Since then many specimens have been identified as P. sphekodes based on similarity with the original specimens. New collections from Doumé are currently under study by the authors.
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 21; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 25 - 26
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Max. size:
11.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 81635))
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Size:
holotype measures 113.8 mm SL
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A moderate to small Paramormyrops, with an elongated body (Ref. 81635). The head and snout are relatively short; upper profile of the head is rounded; snout is V-shaped from above (Ref. 81635). Its colour in alcohol is uniformly light brown (Ref. 81635).
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Habitat and Ecology:
Habitat and Ecology
Paramormyrops sphekodes is a benthopelagic species.
Systems
- Freshwater
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Environment:
benthopelagic; freshwater
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Electric Organ Discharge:
EOD unknown, but the electric organ is composed of electrocytes which are innervated on the posterior side with non-penetrating stalks (Type NPp). The electrocytes are widely separated.
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