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No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Mormyridae.
分类 / 名称 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Cryptomyrus:Name from the Greek ‘kryptos’ for secret or hidden, referring to the rarity of these fishes in collections and the Greek ‘myros’ for a kind of fish, a suffix used in the names of many other mormyrid genera; ona:The specific epithet is a noun in apposition that honors Marc Ona Essangui, Gabonese environmental and civic activist, founder and executive director of the NGO Brainforest and recipient of the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize, in appreciation for his efforts to protect Gabon's equatorial forests and wetlands (Ref. 113668). Eponymy: Marc Ona Essangui is a Gabonese environmental and civic activist, founder and Executive Director of the NGO ‘Brainforest’ and recipient of the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
背棘 (总数) : 0; 背的软条 (总数) : 21; 臀棘: 0; 臀鳍软条: 24; 脊椎骨: 41. Diagnosis: Cryptomyrus ona is readily differentiated from its sole congener, C. ogoouensis, by the following characteristics: having an anal-fin origin located only just in advance of the dorsal fin, first dorsal ray above anal-fin ray 3 vs. first dorsal-fin ray above anal-fin ray 7; a deep caudal peduncle, 6.0-6.8% of standard length vs. 5.1%; and lobes of caudal fin markedly shorter than caudal peduncle, vs. nearly as long as peduncle (Ref. 113668).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Sullivan, J.P., S. Lavoué and C.D. Hopkins, 2016. Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa. ZooKeys 561:117-150. (Ref. 113668)
世界自然保护联盟红皮书 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
系统发育多样性指数 (参考文献 82804): PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00248 - 0.01273), b=3.05 (2.85 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
营养阶层 (参考文献 69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
回复力 (参考文献 120179): 高度, 族群倍增时间少于 15个月 (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
渔业脆弱性 (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
