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Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Marcusenius: Becasue of J. Marcusen, author of "Zur Phauna des Schwarzen Meeres", 1867; ichthyologist.
Eponymy: Dr Johann Andreas Marcusen (1817–1894) was a Latvian of German descent who was a physician, ichthyologist and zoologist. [...] Captain George Howard Fanshawe Abadie (1873–1904) was an officer in the 16th Lancers who was working as a political officer and administrator in Northern Nigeria (1897– 1904), where he died suddenly from a ‘malignant fever’. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Tropical; 10°N - 6°N
Africa: lower Niger, the Bénoué and the Voltas. Also known from the upper Niger (Ref. 3203). Affinities: close to Marcusenius cyprinoides.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3799); peso máximo publicado: 500.00 g (Ref. 3799)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 34 - 39; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 32 - 36. Dorsal fin origin at same level as anal fin origin; body depth 3.0-4.7x of SL; peduncle height 3.2-5.0x of its length.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01288 (0.00577 - 0.02877), b=2.87 (2.69 - 3.05), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 159 [79, 370] mg/100g; Iron = 1.56 [0.73, 3.22] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [15.4, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.534 [0.214, 1.362] g/100g; Selenium = 76.9 [28.9, 197.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 31.6 [11.6, 85.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.61 [1.06, 3.14] mg/100g (wet weight); |