Mormyrids

Mormyrus rume

Fish Reaching One Hundred Centimeters in African Waters

Tropical
Coastal
Upper river
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Africa
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

Mormyrus rume is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the basins of the Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Volta, Chad, Bandama, Sassandra, Komoé, Mono, Ouémé, Ogun and Culufi rivers, among others. This species contains the following subspecies: Mormyrus rume proboscirostris (Boulenger, 1898): can reach a size of approximately 60 mm (2.4 in); Mormyrus rume rume (Valenciennes, 1847): can reach a size of approximately 100 mm (3.9 in).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Bonytongues
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Mormyrus
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Volta and Chad basins. Sahelo-Soudanian basins and the coastal basins of the rivers Cavally, Bandama, Sassandra, Comoé, Mono, Ouémé, Ogun and Culufi; Congo basin. Two subspecies exist: Mormyrus rume rume : West Africa and Chad System; Mormyrus rume proboscirostris : middle and upper Congo River.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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