Taxonomy of Finfish (1+2)

4.2.36 Gnathonemus tetersi

Name: Mormyridae

Genus: Gnathonemus

English name: none

Origin: Cameroun the Congo, Zaire

Size: approximately 23 cm

Habitat: Found in very shady marshes and fresh waters with muddy bottoms

Shape, coloring and markings:

The body is elongated and laterally very compressed. the tail is slender. The mouth is small and  cylindrical: The basic coloration is an anthracite blue-black or brownish violet. The belly is lighter. A deep black and front is to be found between the dorsal and anal fins, which lie opposite each other. The fleshy base of the caudal fin is dark: otherwise all the fins are grey or black. The pectoral fin is well developed.

There are no known external sexual characteristics.