Isichthys
henryi
Gill, 1863
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Family:
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Mormyridae
(Elephantfishes)
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Order:
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Osteoglossiformes
(bony tongues)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Max. size:
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28.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2915) |
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Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; pH range: 5.0
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Climate: |
tropical; 22 – 24°C |
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Importance:
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Resilience: |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
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Distribution:
saved form ccfishery.net
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Africa: coastal plains of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and the coastal rivers of Nigeria specially in the Niger Delta. Recorded from the Lower Ntem River basin, Cameroon (Ref. 27896).
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Biology: |
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).
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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