Elephant Nose
📖 Overview
Affinities: can be mistaken for P. bovei, only difference is its small eye and shorter anal fin base.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 26; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 26 - 31. Body depth 2.7-3.7 x SL. Peduncle depth 11.8-15.8 x SL. Base of anal fin 3.6-4.7 x SL. Eye diameter 3.2-5.2 x head length. Uniformly brown color.: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Elephant Nose is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical known from the Niandan River, an affluent of the Niger River in Guinea (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Elephant Nose · Elephantfish |
| 🌍CES | rypoun Pellegrinův |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 41 records indexed .
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