Mormyrus kannume

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Common Names

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Description

Family Mormyridae

Distribution: tropical Africa and Nile. Paired and vertical fins all present; narrow caudal peduncle and deeply forked caudal fin . Parasphenoid and tongue with teeth. Branchiostegal rays 6-8. Dorsal fin rays 12-91. Anal fin rays 20-70. Dorsal and anal fins usually opposite each other on posterior part of body. With 37-64 vertebrae . Mouth of highly variable form, often trunklike. Maximum length 1.5 m , usually 9-50 cm. Mormyrids are noted for their large cerebellums and their use of electricity and sound .The family Mormyridae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Osteoglossiformes. It contains 18 genera and 198 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is gymnotiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be sluggish. This family may be found from 32° n to 26° s and 18° w to 45° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, mormyros = a kind of fish

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .

Biology

Diet

Feeds on benthic animals, with chironomid larvae as a major food item[1].

Behavior

Solitary, nocturnal species.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Mormyrus bachiqua Valenciennes, 1847
2. Mormyrus nacra Valenciennes, 1847
3. Mormyrus oxyrhynchus Lacep�de, 1803
4. Murmyrous kannume Forssk�l, 1775

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 17-Jun-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mormyrus

There are approximately 105 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. abadii · M. adspersus · M. amblystoma · M. anchietae · M. anguilloides · M. asinus · M. attenuatus · M. bachiqua · M. bane · M. batesii · M. bebe · M. bene · M. bernhardi (Bernhard's Elephant-Snout Fish) · M. bovei · M. rume subsp. proboscirostris · M. brachyistius · M. breviceps · M. bumbanus · M. caballus (Ulenger) · M. caballus asinus · M. caballus bumbanus · M. caballus caballus · M. caballus lualabae · M. casalis · M. caschive (Ado Lakok) · M. hasselquistii · Petrocephalus balayi · M. cobitiformis · M. curtus · M. curvifrons · M. cyaneus · M. deliciosus · M. dendera · M. dorsalis · M. ellenbergeri · M. elongatus · M. felixi · M. caschive · M. goheeni · M. grandisquamis · M. greshoffi · M. greshoffii · M. habereri · M. hasselguistii · M. hasselquesti · M. hasselquist · M. hasselquisti · M. hasselquistii (Elephant Snout) · M. hasselquistii guentheri · M. hasselquisti hasselquisti (Elephant Snout) · M. hasselquistii · M. kannume · M. hildebrandi or mormyrus bernha · M. hildebrandti (Hildebrandt's Elephant-Snout Fish) · M. iriodes · M. isidori · M. joannisii · M. kannume (Elephant-Snout Fish) · M. kanume · M. labiatus · M. lacerda (Western Bottlenose Mormyrid) · M. larcerda · M. lepturus · M. liberiensis · M. lineolatus · M. longibarbis · M. longipinnis · M. longirostris (Eastern Bottlenose Mormyrid) · M. macrocephalus · M. macrodon · M. macrolepidotus · M. macrophthalmus (Mormyrids) · M. macropthalmus · M. mento · M. microcephalus · M. moorii · M. mucupe · M. nacra · M. niger · M. nigricans · M. niloticus · M. ovis · M. rume subsp. rume · M. parvus · M. pauciradiatus · M. petersii · M. proboscirostris · M. rannume · M. rume (Ulenger) · M. rume proboscirostris · M. rume rume (Lenciennes) · M. salahie · M. senegalensis · M. simus · M. sphecodes · M. subundulatus · M. tamandua · M. tapirus (Trunkfish) · M. tenuicauda · M. tenuirostris (Athi Elephant-Snout Fish)

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Further Reading

• Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 310.
• Bailey, R.G. (1994). Guide to the fishes of the River Nile in the Republic of the Sudan. J. Nat. Hist. 28:937-970.
• Brain and body of fish; a study of brain pattern in relation to hunting and feeding in fish, by H. Muir Evans. Philadelphia, The Blakiston company, 1940. ENG url p. 65, p. 68.
• Bulletin de la Soci�t� zoologique de France. Paris: La Soci�t�, FRE url p. 125.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 217.
• Bulletin. Paris. FRE url p. 129.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert G [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Shwa 13 [1938]. ENG url p. 215.
• Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]1909-16. ENG url p. 134.
• Daget, J., J. -P. Gosse, and D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde, eds. 1984. Check-List of Freshwater Fishes of Africa, vol. 1. ORSTROM. Paris, France. 410. ISBN: 2-87177-002-6.
• De Vos, L., J. Snoeks and D.T. van den Audenaerde (2001). An annotated checklist of the fishes of Rwanda (east central Africa), with historical data on introductions of commercially important species. J. East African Nat. Hist. 90:41-68.
• Eccles, D.H. (1992). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. FAO, Rome. 145 p.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Gosse, J.-P. (1984). Mormyridae. p. 63-122. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
• Handbuch der zoologie: Nach der zweiten holl�ndischen ausgabe. Leipzig: L. Voss, 1850-56. GER url p. 119.
• Histoire naturelle des poissons / par le Cen Lacep��de. A Paris: Chez Saugrain. .., l'an VII de la R�publique [1799, i.e. 1803]-an XII [1804]. FRE url p. 621.
• Histoire naturelle, g�n�rale et particuli��re, des poissons; ouvrage faisant suite � l'Histoire naturelle g�n�rale et particuli��re, compos�e par Leclerc de Buffon, et mise dans un nouvel ordre par C.S. Sonnini, avec des notes et des additions. Paris, L'impr. de F. Dufart, an 11-12[1802-1804] FRE url p. 227.
• Osteology of the extant North American fishes of the genus Hiodon Lesueur, 1818 (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha: Hiodontiformes) / Eric J. Hilton. [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, 2002. ENG url p. 108.
• Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7.
• Van Oijen, M.J.P. (1995). Appendix I. Key to Lake Victoria fishes other than haplochromine cichlids. p. 209-300. In F. Witte and W.L.T. van Densen (eds.) Fish stocks and fisheries of Lake Victoria. A handbook for field observations. Samara Publishing

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• FishBase 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Fishes

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2496777
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-32983
• Fishbase Species ID: 8767
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13541758
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 649929
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 117047

Footnotes

1. Bailey, R.G. (1994). Guide to the fishes of the River Nile in the Republic of the Sudan. J. Nat. Hist. 28:937-970. [back]

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