Mokele-mbembe Bichir
📖 Overview
Overview information for Mokele-mbembe Bichir is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0. subcylindrical and elongate body, becoming increasingly laterally comressed over its caudal third . Head is slighlty flattened dorsoventrally; mouth terminal; lips fleshy; snout comparatively acute . Internostril distance 11.6-13.7% of head length . Number of dorsal finlets: 6-8 . Wide first dorsal-fin spine, 6.4-8.1% of head length . Pectoral fins broadly rounded, almost circular, not reaching level of first dorsal spine . Ganoid scales : 57-60 lateral-line scales, 32-38 scales around body, 32-37 predorsal scales, 42-47 prepelvic scales . Visible part of body scales approximately square on flanks and rhomboid on caudal peduncle . Slightly elongated lateral-line pores are located on atnerior portion of each scale in the first half and in the central part of the second half of lateral line . In preserved specimens, dorsal two thirds of body dark grey overall, with several broad and ill-defined dark grey to black bands and blotches; these dark blotches and bands may converge on dorsal third of body to form braod saddles on anterior half of body in front of first finlet . No abrupt transition between the dark dorso-lateral body coloration and the light beige ventral coloration . A single large black blotch on pectoral fin base .: elongated; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Mokele-mbembe Bichir is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Mokele-mbembe Bichir · Mokelembembe Bichir |
| 🇩🇪German | Mokele-Mbembe-Flösselhecht |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | ポリプテルス・モケーレムベンベ |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 6 records indexed .
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