Senegal mormyrid
(Mormyrus rume)

Classification

Species: Mormyrus rume
Genus: Mormyrus
Family: Mormyridae - Freshwater elephantfishes
Order: Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues
Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Senegal mormyrid
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Tropical
Native: Africa
Distribution: Volta, Senegal, Congo, Niger, Lake Chad, Gambia

Africa: Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Volta and Chad basins. Sahelo-Soudanian basins and the coastal basins of the rivers Cavally, Bandama, Sassandra, Comoé, Mono, Ouémé, Ogun and Culufi; Congo basin.

Two subspecies exist: Mormyrus rume rume: West Africa and Chad System; Mormyrus rume proboscirostris: middle and upper Congo River.

Max length : 100 cm SL; max. published weight: 5.3 kg

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