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Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Isichthys: Greek, isos = equal + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Joseph Henry (1797–1878) was the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1846– 1878). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gill.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal; pH range: 5.0 - ?. Tropical; 22°C - 24°C (Ref. 12468)
Africa: coastal basins of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia (Ref. 81274) and the Niger basin through Cameroon and Gabon to the Kouilou River basin (Ref. 81635). Also in the Chiloango in Cabinda Province of Angola (Ref. 120641).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.7 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2915)
Possesses electroreceptors over the entire head, the dorsal region and some parts of the ventral region; absent from the side and the caudal peduncle where the electric organ is located. Electric organ discharge (EOD) rates are of low frequency and sexually dimorphic as to waveform (Ref. 10011).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Bigorne, R., 1990. Mormyridae. p. 122-184. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. tome 1. Faune Trop. 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and ORSTOM, Paris. (Ref. 2915)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00813 (0.00454 - 0.01455), b=2.70 (2.55 - 2.85), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliência (Ref. 120179) |
Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). 🛈 |