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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Little Scarcies, Rokel, Jong and Sewa rivers.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sl.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paugy, D., K. Traoré and P.S. Diouf, 1994
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Common names from other countries

Mormyrids, 短足岩头长颌鱼, Ras el hagar, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Petrocephalus: Latin, petra = stone + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce demersale; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)

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Africa: Chad, Niger, Volta, Gambia and Senegal basins, including the Nile. Also known from Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 272).

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 6.8 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 123661); peso massimo pubblicato: 30.00 g (Ref. 123661); Età massima riportata: 2.50 anni (Ref. 2749)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 21 - 28; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 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).

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Builds a nest for the eggs. No guarding or tending has been observed, though.

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 June 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: di nessun interesse

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 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).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=0.53-1.10; tmax=2.5).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).

Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes, 1847)