FB-8767 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8767 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Osteoglossiformes Mormyridae Mormyrus Mormyrus kannume Fabricius, 1775 Kasamene Kasulubana Khashm el banat Rypoun nosáč Tapirfisk Tapir-Rüsselfisch Bottlenose Elephant-snout fish Tapiir-nokiskala Tapiirikala слонорыл Domodomo Mbete Surasura Aduoyo Entanana Ikimote Intama Kasulu Kasurabana Kasuruban Lomakale Mboro Mkale Ntanant Shubule Suma 卡氏長頜魚 卡氏长颌鱼 Mormyrus bachiqua Valenciennes, 1847 Mormyrus hildebrandi (non Peters, 1882) Mormyrus nacra Valenciennes, 1847 Mormyrus oxyrhynchus Lacepède, 1803 Murmyrous kannume Fabricius, 1775 1994-02-05 2022-07-15 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Boulenger, G.A.0 Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Printed by order of the Trustees, London. 373 p. 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AbouelFadl0 Age and growth of elephant-snout fish <i>Mormyrus kannume</i> (Forsskål, 1775) (Family: Mormyridae) from Lake Nasser, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries 26(5):219-234. (Ref. 131146) FB-pic-8767-11557 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1996-07-15 1997-02-18 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8767 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Mokan_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Mokan_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-8767 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-02-05 00:00:00 2022-07-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8767 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Solitary, nocturnal species (Ref. 28714). In Lake Victoria in both coastal and offshore waters (Ref. 4903). May spawn in the main lake, perhaps in deep water over rocks (Ref. 52083). In Lake Kyoga in open water rather than weedy areas (Ref. 55624). Bottom feeder; small fishes eat lithophilic insects; adults almost exclusively insectivorous; chironomids dominate in the diet (Ref. 12526). Oviparous (Ref. 205). 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. (Ref. 3203) FB-DiagnosticDescr-8767 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-06-26 00:00:00 2022-11-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8767 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: snout long, about equal to the post-ocular length of the head (Ref. 28714), produced into a stout trunk whose thickness and angle to the face are variable (Ref. 34290). Dorsal fin very long, more than twice the anal fin length, with less than 75 rays, its origin above or slightly in front of the insertion of the pelvic fins (Ref. 4903, 28714).Description: body depth 3.5-5 times in SL, length of head 4-5 times (Ref. 4903). Dorsal head profile straight or somewhat curved, sloping steeply (Ref. 4903, 34290). Snout produced into a stout trunk whose thickness and angle to the face are variable (Ref. 4903, 34290), its length equal to, or slightly shorter than, the post-ocular part of the head (Ref. 4903, 28714). Eye small (Ref. 4903, 34290), its diameter contained 1.5-2.5 times in the interorbital width (Ref. 4903). Mouth small and terminal (Ref. 4903), lips thick (Ref. 4903, 34290). Teeth notched, 4-7 in the upper, and 8-10 in the lower jaw; dorsal fin with 55-75 rays, originating above or in front of the pelvic fins; anal fin short, with 17-22 rays; caudal fin almost entirely covered with small scales; lateral line with 80-116 scales; 26-32 scales round the caudal peduncle, which is 1.5-2 times as long as deep (Ref. 4903).Coloration: dull bronze above, lighter below (Ref. 4903, 34290). Greenwood, P.H. 1966 The Fishes of Uganda. The Uganda Society, Kampala. 131p. (Ref. 4903) FB-Morphology-8767 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-06-26 00:00:00 2022-11-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8767 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 55 - 75; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 17 - 22 Greenwood, P.H. 1966 The Fishes of Uganda. The Uganda Society, Kampala. 131p. (Ref. 4903) FB-Distribution-8767 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-02-05 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8767 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: known from Lower Nile up to Lake Victoria basin (Ref. 1878), including Baro system in Ethiopia (Ref. 54860). Present in Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Albert, Edward and George, the Victoria and Murchison Nile (Ref. 34290), and Middle Akagera system (Ref. 46152). Also known from Lake Turkana basin and Northern Ewaso Nyiro (Ref. 52331). 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. (Ref. 3203) FB-Uses-8767 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-02-05 00:00:00 2022-07-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8767 fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial 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. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1991 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p. (Ref. 2059) FB-TrophicStrategy-8767 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-12-12 00:00:00 2000-12-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ kannume Solitary, nocturnal species. Feeds on benthic animals, with chironomid larvae as a major food item. 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. (Ref. 3203) FB-Size-8767 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-02-05 00:00:00 2022-07-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8767 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 100.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 34290)) 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 Limited, Dyfed, Great Britain. (Ref. 34290) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Diseases-8767-1417 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2005-01-07 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=8767&StockCode=9089 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Spinitectus Infestation 7. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Khalil, L.F. and J.P. Thurston 1973 Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of Uganda including the descriptions of two new species of digeneans. Rev. Zool. Bot. afr. 87(2):209-248. (Ref. 52494) FB-Diseases-8767-1375 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2005-09-21 00:00:00 2005-09-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=8767&StockCode=9089 Trypanosoma Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Baker, J.R. 1960 Trypanosomes and dactylosomes from the blood of fresh-water fish in East-Africa. Parasitology 50:515-526. (Ref. 52501) FB-Habitat-8767 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-02-05 00:00:00 2022-07-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8767 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; freshwater; depth range 0 - 70 m (Ref. 34291), usually 0 - 50 m (Ref. 34291) Witte, F. and W. de Winter 1995 Appendix II. Biology of the major fish species of Lake Victoria. p. 301-320. In F. Witte and W.L.T. Van Densen (eds.) Fish stocks and fisheries of Lake Victoria. A handbook for field observations. Samara Publishing Limited, Dyfed, Great Britain. (Ref. 34291) Witte, F. and W. de Winter 1995 Appendix II. Biology of the major fish species of Lake Victoria. p. 301-320. In F. Witte and W.L.T. Van Densen (eds.) Fish stocks and fisheries of Lake Victoria. A handbook for field observations. Samara Publishing Limited, Dyfed, Great Britain. 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