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Mormyridae
Marcusenius desertus
Marcusenius desertus
Fish Reaching Twenty Point Seven Centimeters in African Waters
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumMarcusenius desertus is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 20.7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Bonytongues
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Genus
- Marcusenius
- Maximum length
- 20.7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: lower reaches of the Cunene River, close to the coast, in Angola and Namibia (Ref. 113652 , 120641 ).
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