Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger, 1898)
Sosha
Campylomormyrus elephas
photo by Germeau, G./ Doumont, Y.

Family:  Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Max. size:  40 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Africa: Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola (Ref. 83752). Reports from the Chad basin (Ref. 3047, 83360) or Benue (Pappenheim 1907) are unconfirmed and questionable (Ref. 3203, 83752), possibly referring to C. tamandua.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31-31; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 34-34
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known from the southern Congo River basin (Ref. 120641) in the Luembe River (Kasai River tributary, middle Congo River basin) (Ref. 11970).


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