Elephant snout (Mormyrus hasselquistii)

Scientific name: Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1847

Elephant snout (Mormyrus hasselquistii)

The Elephant snout (Mormyrus hasselquistii) is a freshwater fish of the family Mormyridae.

Biology

Possesses electroreceptors over the entire head and on the ventral and dorsal regions of the body, but absent from the side and the caudal peduncle where the electric organ is located. A fractional spawner.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Mormyrus hasselquistii
Family
Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Order
Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.0
Environment
Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Africa: Nile and Chad basins. Known from the great Sahelo-Soudanian basins in Senegal, Gambia and Volta; also in the Mono, the G?ba, the Bandama, the Comoe River, and the Ebrie and Aguien lagoons.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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