Animalia > Chordata > Osteoglossiformes > Mormyridae > Mormyrops > Mormyrops anguilloides

Mormyrops anguilloides (Cornish jack; African carp)

Synonyms:
Language: Adangme; Afrikaans; Arabic; Bemba; Chokwe; Czech; Danish; Dinka, Northeastern; Ewe; Finnish; Fulfulde, Pulaar; Ga; Hausa; Ijo; Jula; Kanuri; Kim; M; Mandarin Chinese; Mòoré; Nuer; Nupe; Nyanja; Sena; Shilluk; Sonink; Swahili; Yoruba; Zande

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cornish jack, Mormyrops anguilloides, is a species of weakly electric fish in the family Mormyridae, native to quiet waters in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. The largest species in its family, the Cornish jack is a nocturnal group hunter of smaller fishes, using electricity to locate its prey and communicate with other members of its group. It is a commercial game fish valued for its size and taste.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Prey / Diet

Coptodon zillii (Zilli's tilapia)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Bouixella deliciosa[3]
Bouixella torta[3]
Procamallanus laeviconchus[3]
Spinitectus mucronatus <Unverified Name>[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0