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> Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Isichthys: Greek, isos = equal + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gill.

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

; süßwasser demersal; pH range: 5.0 - ?. Tropical; 22°C - 24°C (Ref. 12468)

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

Africa: coastal basins of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia (Ref. 81274) and the Niger basin through Cameroon and Gabon to the Kouilou River basin (Ref. 81635). Also in the Chiloango in Cabinda Province of Angola (Ref. 120641).

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.7 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 2915)

Possesses electroreceptors over the entire head, the dorsal region and some parts of the ventral region; absent from the side and the caudal peduncle where the electric organ is located. Electric organ discharge (EOD) rates are of low frequency and sexually dimorphic as to waveform (Ref. 10011).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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Bigorne, R., 1990. Mormyridae. p. 122-184. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. tome 1. Faune Trop. 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and ORSTOM, Paris. (Ref. 2915)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

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Isichthys henryi Gill, 1863