Elephant Fish
Pollimyrus isidori
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An elephantfish from West Africa and the Nile basin. It produces weak electric discharges.
- Scientific name
- Pollimyrus isidori
- Family
- Mormyridae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Order
- Osteoglossiformes
- Synonyms
- Marcusenius fasciaticeps, Marcusenius gaillardi, Marcusenius isidori fasciaticeps, Marcusenius isidori isidori, Marcusenius isidori osborni, Marcusenius osborni, Marcusenius rudebeckii, Mormyrus isidori, Petrocephalus vanderbilti, Pollimyrus fasciaticeps, Pollimyrus isidori fasciaticeps, Pollimyrus isidori isidori, Pollimyrus isidori osborni, Pollimyrus lhuysi, Pollimyrus osborni
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 22–24 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–19 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 10.3 cm
- Lifespan
- 28.9 years
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Omnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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