Mormyridae

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).