Freshwater
Elephant-snout fish
Mormyrus kannume
Mormyridae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 100 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 21,000 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Congo - Kinshasa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and 1 more country.
More about the species
Description
Solitary, nocturnal species. In Lake Victoria in both coastal and offshore waters. May spawn in the main lake, perhaps in deep water over rocks. In Lake Kyoga in open water rather than weedy areas. Bottom feeder; small fishes eat lithophilic insects; adults almost exclusively insectivorous; chironomids dominate in the diet. Oviparous.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Mormyrus bachiqua
- Mormyrus hildebrandi
- Mormyrus nacra
- Mormyrus oxyrhynchus
- Murmyrous kannume
In other languages
- Tapirfisk
- Tapiirikala
- Bottlenose
Articles
All articles
Ich (white spot)4 min read
The most common disease in aquarium fish. How to recognize it, why it shows up, and how to get rid of it.
How to set up an African aquarium5 min read
Two completely different aquariums: forest rivers with soft, brown water, roots and leaves, and Rift Valley lake cichlids in hard, alkaline water with big rock piles.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.