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General Description
Originale description from Lacepède (1803) :
Le mormyre bané (Mormyrus [i.e., Petrocephalus] bane):
Le museau obtus; la mâchoire supérieure beaucoup plus avancée que l'inférieure ; la dorsale égale en longueur à la nageoire de l'anus; un seul orifice à chaque narine.
La huitième espèce de mormyre de Lacepède
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Distribution
Described from the Nile River. Elsewhere, Petrocephalus bane is widely distributed in West Africa.
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Petrocephalus bane
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Petrocephalus bane (bane bigeye, big-eyed baby whale) is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family. It is closely related to the baby whale (Pollimyrus isidori) and the elephant-nose fish (Gnathonemus petersi).
Big-eyed baby whales eat small worms, insect larvae and fish. It was described by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1803. It roots through the substratum with its fins and nose. It lives in Egypt, Tanzania, Kuwait, and Tunisia.
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