Adspersus Mormyrid

Pollimyrus adspersus

Nine Point Eight Centimeters Mormyrid Fish of the Congo Basin

Adspersus Mormyrid is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 9.8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Bonytongues
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Pollimyrus
Maximum length: 9.8 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: coastal fringes of the Volta basin. Seems to have replaced Pollimyrus isidori (continental) in the coastal basins or in the lower reaches of rivers in West Africa. Also known from the Mono River in Togo, Ouémé in Benin (Ref. 28663 ), Cross and Wouri (Ref. 81635 ). In the Congo basin, reported from the lower Congo basin (Ref. 1878 ), middle Congo River (Ref. 4910 ), Aruwimi and Lindi-Tshopo (Ref. 106290 ) in Democratic Republic of the Congo, and (middle) Congo River tributaries in Cameroon (Ref. 51193 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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