Marcusenius stanleyanus

Marcusenius stanleyanus

Twenty One Centimeters Mormyrid Fish of African Waters

Marcusenius stanleyanus is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 21 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Bonytongues
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Marcusenius
Maximum length: 21 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: widespread in the Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 42493 ), Republic of Congo (Ref. 44840 ), Central African Republic (Ref. 45441 ) and Angola (Ref. 11970 , 120641 ). Also in the lake Tanganyika basin (Ref. 36899 ), but apparently only in lower courses of tributary rivers, including the Malagarasi (Ref. 54847 ), and not in the lake itself (Ref. 36901 ). Reports from the Sanaga (Ref. 51193 ) and Benue (Ref. 42497 ) in Cameroon questionable and unconfirmed (Ref. 81274 , 81635 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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