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Ecological Illustration of Brevimyrus niger (Brevimyrus niger)
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Mormyridae

Brevimyrus niger

Brevimyrus niger

An elephant snout probing six Sahel river basins

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Africa
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Brevimyrus niger is an African freshwater fish of the family Mormyridae.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Bonytongues
Family
Mormyridae
Genus
Brevimyrus
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
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