分類 / Names
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Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues)
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Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
象鼻魚科 (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Marcusenius: Becasue of J. Marcusen, author of "Zur Phauna des Schwarzen Meeres", 1867; ichthyologist; multisquamatus: Marcusenius multisquamatus refers to the highest number of lateral line scales among the different forms of southern African bulldog fish, excluding the three Mossamedes/Cunene specimens (BMNH 1907.6.29.231–233) from any location on the Cunene up to 300 km north of the Angolan/Namibian border (Ref. 94473).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
生態學
; 淡水 底中水層性. ; 17°S - 18°S, 13°E - 14°E
Africa: Kunene River, from just below Ruacana Falls to the Cunene River mout on the Angolan/Namibian border (Ref. 94473).
大小 / 重量 / 年齡
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.2 cm SL 雄魚/尚未辨別雌雄; (Ref. 94473)
簡短描述
型態特徵 | 形態測量圖
背棘 (總數): 0; 背的軟條 (總數): 23-25; 臀棘 0; 臀鰭軟條: 28 - 31. Diagnosis: Body moderately long, prominent mobile and forward-extending mental lobe on lower jaw, median fins set well back with dorsal fin shorter than and originating behind anal fin, depth of caudal peduncle 34–43% of its length, 23–25 dorsal fin rays, 28–31 anal fin rays, 56–64 scales in lateral series, 12–16 scales around caudal peduncle, head length 19–21% of standard length, body depth 27–32% of standard length, dorsal fin length 18.1–22.3% of standard length, length of snout 45–50% of head length, anal fin length 22.7–25.3% of standard length, and length of caudal peduncle 16.3–19.9% of standard length (Ref. 94473).
Life cycle and mating behavior
成熟度 | 繁殖 | 產卵場 | 卵 | 孕卵數 | 仔魚
Kramer, B. and M. Wink, 2013. East-west differentiation in the Marcusenius macrolepidotus species complex in Southern Africa: the description of a new species for the lower Cunene River, Namibia (Teleostei: Mormyridae). J. Nat. Hist. 47(35-36):2327-2362. (Ref. 94473)
IUCN 瀕危狀態 (Ref. 130435)
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