Eastern Bottlenose Mormyrid Mormyrus longirostris

The Eastern Bottlenose Mormyrid is native to freshwater systems in Zambia and Tanzania, including Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika. Mormyrids are also called Elephant-nosed Fish, along with others in different genera in the same family. There is also another relative called the Eastern Bottlenose, the similar-looking Mormyrus caschive of the Nile Basin.

It grows to 75cm long. Mainly nocturnal, it hunts prey and navigates surroundings using electro receptors and can give a mild electric shock for defence.