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Mormyridae
Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936)
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Africa: Cunene, Okavango, Buzi, Pungwe (Ref. 52193), Zambezi (Ref. 3203, 52193, 95585), Save (Ref. 13337) and Cubango Rivers (Ref. 3203). Absent from the Kafue River (Ref. 7248, 52193, 95585). Also in lakes Tanganyika and Malawi and the upper Congo (Ref. 3203, 52193) including lakes Bangweulu and Mweru (Ref. 13337, 95585).
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Central and southern Africa.
fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 36; Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 23 - 27
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The Zambezi Parrotfish (Cyphomyrus discorhynchus) is an elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. It is currently the only member of its genus. It occurs in several river systems across central Africa. It grows to a length of 31 cm.
References[edit]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Cyphomyrus discorhynchus" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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Maximum size: 310 mm SL
31.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4967)); max. published weight: 1,100 g (Ref. 52193)
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Diagnosis: dorsal fin up to 1.5 times anal fin length; dorsal fin origin nearer caudal fin base than tip of snout; origin of dorsal fin in advance of anal fin (Ref. 52193). Chin with fleshy bulge; snout rounded in front of mouth; eye well above mouth (Ref. 4967). Male develops concavity to the margin of the anal fin, whereas that of female is straight; high back, with dorsal fin approximately 1/3 of total fish length, serves to separate it satisfactorily from other mormyrids in Zimbabwe (Ref. 13337).Description: body relatively deep, compressed; dorsal fin longer than anal; caudal fin forked, with rounded lobes; head rounded with blunt snout; mouth with mental lobe; teeth bicuspid, 56 in each jaw; females usually smaller than males, latter distinguished by notch or kink in anal fin (Ref. 52193).Coloration: greyish brown to dark brown, nearly black, lighter below; dark vertical bar sometimes evident between dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 52193).
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Freshwater
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