Campylomormyrus alces

Campylomormyrus alces
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Campylomormyrus
Species:	C. alces
Binomial name
Campylomormyrus alces (Boulenger 1920)
Synonyms
Gnathonemus alcesBoulenger 1920

Campylomormyrus alces is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. ^[2] Known to be nocturnal feeders, their primary diet consists of different types of invertebrates and plants. ^[3]

Size

This species reaches a length of 36.0 cm (14.2 in). ^[4]

References

1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Campylomormyrus alces". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T182360A7868656. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182360A7868656.en . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
2. Gosse, J.-P. (1984). "Mormyridae". In J. Daget; J.-P. Gosse; D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.). Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Vol. 1. MRAC ORSTOM. pp. 63–122.
3. Amen, Rahma; Havenstein, Katja; Kirschbaum, Frank; Tiedemann, Ralph (2024). "Diet in phenotypically divergent sympatric species of African weakly electric fish (genus: Campylomormyrus)—A hybrid capture/HTS metabarcoding approach". Molecular Ecology. 33 (4) e17248. Bibcode:2024MolEc..33E7248A. doi:10.1111/mec.17248. ISSN   1365-294X. PMID   38126927.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Campylomormyrus alces". FishBase . February 2015 version.