Elephant-snout fish
Mormyrus kannume
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An elephantfish.
- Scientific name
- Mormyrus kannume
- Family
- Mormyridae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Order
- Osteoglossiformes
- Synonyms
- Mormyrus bachiqua, Mormyrus hildebrandi, Mormyrus nacra, Mormyrus oxyrhynchus, Murmyrous kannume
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 22–26 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 100 cm
- Lifespan
- 6.3 years
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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