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  • Mormyrops anguilloides
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Scientific Name Mormyrops anguilloides    (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name
Type Locality Nile River.
Synonym(s) Mormyrops anguilloides voltae, Mormyrops anguiloides anguiloides, Mormyrops deliciosus, Mormyrops longiceps, Mormyrops zambanenje, Mormyrops zambezense, Mormyrus anguilloides, Mormyrus swanenburgi, Mormyrus tuckeyi, Mormyrus zambanenje, Oxyrhynchus deliciosus
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Size 1500mm or 59.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: White Nile, Lake Albert basin, inland waters from Senegal to Chad, rivers in Cameroon, small coastal basins in the Guinean zone. Widespread in the Congo basin, Lake Malawi, Tanganyika and Mobuto; Volta basin, Whebi Shebeli and Juba (as Mormyrops deliciosus) In southern Africa, it is restricted to the middle and lower Zambezi, Buzi, and Pungwe River.
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 327
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:36 (species record created: 2013 Sep 03 22:15)