elephant-trunk mormyrid

Campylomormyrus elephas

Fish Reaching Forty Centimeters in African Waters

elephant-trunk mormyrid is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 40 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Bonytongues
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Campylomormyrus
Maximum length: 40 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Africa: Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola (Ref. 83752 ). Reports from the Chad basin (Ref. 3047 , 83360 ) or Benue (Pappenheim 1907) are unconfirmed and questionable (Ref. 3203 , 83752 ), possibly referring to C. tamandua .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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