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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippopotamyrus&speciesname=pictus ---> http://193.10.57.59/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippopotamyrus&speciesname=pictus http://193.10.57.59/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippopotamyrus&speciesname=pictus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippopotamyrus&speciesname=pictus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Hippopotamyrus&speciesname=pictus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Hippopotamyrus-pictus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua)   About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments & Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload references Fish Watcher Related species Species in Hippopotamyrus Species in Mormyridae - Classification - Mormyridae Osteoglossiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia     Hippopotamyrus pictus ( Marcusen , 1864 ) Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Mormyridae. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes) Etymology: Hippopotamyrus: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek,potamos = river + greek, myros = the male of morey eel (Ref. 45335 ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 22°C - 24°C (Ref. 12468 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Africa: in the large Sahelo-Sudanese basins Nile, Niger, Benue, Chad and Volta (Ref. 2915 , 28714 , 81274 ); also Mono River in Togo, Sassandra River in Ivory Coast and in Ghana, Burkina Faso, NIgeria and Cameroon (Ref. 3203 , 2915 , 81274 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3203 ); max. published weight: 100.00 g (Ref. 3799 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 29-39; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 30 - 36. Concave back profile. Dorsal and anal fins on same level. Body height 3.2-4.8 x SL. Chin less developed than H. paugyi . Caudal peduncle height 3.2-4.9 x of its length. Nasal openings forming 45° angle with body axis. Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators 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 Red List Status (Ref. 126983 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 30 November 2019 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Allele frequencies Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00660 - 0.02191), b=2.85 (2.69 - 3.01), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.2   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Paris, France Page last modified by : mrius-barile Updated: 2023-10-02 18:27:47 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation