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Marcusenius desertus Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2016

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> Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Marcusenius: Becasue of J. Marcusen, author of "Zur Phauna des Schwarzen Meeres", 1867; ichthyologist;  desertus: The specific name desertus refers to the Skeleton Coast desert (Ref. 113652).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल बेनथोपिलाजिक. Tropical; 20°C - 22°C (Ref. 113652)

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Africa: lower reaches of the Cunene River, close to the coast, in Angola and Namibia (Ref. 113652, 120641).

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.7 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 113652)

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पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 21 - 25; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 26 - 32. Diagnosis: Marcusenius desertus can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: short snout length, 40.8-45.8% of head length; small eye diameter, 11.9-19.5% of head length; nares separation 12.7-17.6 times in head length; short preanal distance, 59.2-62.7% of standard length; short head length, 17.6-20.8% of standard length; and long anal fin, 23.7-27.4% of standard length (Ref. 113652).

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

The riverbed where this species is found, is sandy or rocky, occasionally with steep cliffs bordering the river (Ref. 113652).

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Kramer, L.B., F.H. van der Bank and M. Wink, 2016. Marcusenius desertus sp. nov. (Teleostei: Mormyridae), a mormyrid fish from the Namib desert. Afr. J. Aquat. Sci. 41(1):1-18. (Ref. 113652)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00251 - 0.01261), b=3.05 (2.85 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
लौटाव (Ref. 120179):  ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (15 of 100).