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Mormyrids (Mormyrus macrophthalmus)
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Ecological Illustration of Mormyrids (Mormyrus macrophthalmus)
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Mormyridae

Mormyrids

Mormyrus macrophthalmus

Fish Reaching Thirty Centimeters in the Niger Basin

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

Mormyrids is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.

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