Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)
Africa: Chad, Niger, Volta, Gambia and Senegal basins, including the Nile. Also known from Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 272).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 6.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 123661); peso máximo publicado: 30.00 g (Ref. 123661); edad máxima reportada: 2.50 años (Ref. 2749)
Short description
Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 21-28; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 27 - 35. body depth 2.9-3.7 x SL, anal base 3.2-4.7 x SL, caudal peduncle height 13.3-19.3 x SL. Eye diameter 2.7-4.6 x head length. Uniformly brilliant silver color, sometimes grayish or brownish.
Affinities: P. pellegrini. Generates electric organ discharge (EOD) of short duration that seems to correlate with aggregative behavior of the species (Ref. 14060; 10601). EOD temporal pattern cues have been shown to play a role in species recognition for P. bovei (Ref. 10600). A ratio measure between olfactory and visual receptor areas suggests that this species relies more on visual than olfactory information (Ref. 10839). A fractional spawner (Ref. 10605; 10606).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Builds a nest for the eggs. No guarding or tending has been observed, though.
Gosse, J.-P., 1984. Mormyridae. p. 63-122. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3203)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.01137 - 0.01924), b=2.85 (2.80 - 2.90), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.53-1.10; tmax=2.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).