Marcusenius cyprinoides
Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
- family Mormyridae
- subfamily Mormyrinae Taverne, 1972
- genus Marcusenius Gill, 1862
Original Published Description:
Languages: English
Ecology and Distribution
Distribution
Nile, from the Delta to Bahr-el-Jebel, Niger and Chad basins, Bénoué River. See FishBase for museum records and localities.
Rights holder(s): Sullivan, John P. - Comment (0)
Taxonomy
- Mormyrus abbreviatus Valenciennes 1847 (synonym (subjective = heterotypic))
- Mormyrus labiatus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809 (synonym (subjective = heterotypic))
- Mormyrus elongatus Rüppell, 1832 (synonym (subjective = heterotypic))
- Gnathonemus cyprinoides elongata Pellegrin, 1927 (synonym (subjective = heterotypic))
References
(1990). Mormyridae.
(, Ed.).Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest = The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa. 122-184. Paris, Tervuren (Belgium): ORSTOM, MRAC.
(2003). Mormyridae.
Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. 1, 154-222.
(1899). A revision of the genera and species of fishes of the family Mormyridae.
Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London. 1898, 775-821.
(1909). Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History).
I, 373. London: British Museum (Natural History).
(1862). On the West African Genus Hemichromis and Descriptions of New Species in the Museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14, 134–139.
(2000). The Mormyridae and other Osteoglossomorpha (CD-ROM).
World Biodiversity Database, CD-ROM Series. 2000, New York: Springer Verlag, ETI-UNESCO.
(1803). Deux cent quinzième genre. Les Mormyres in Histoire Naturelle des Poissons.
tome 5, 618-625.
(1758). Systema Naturae (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae.
1, i-ii + 1-824.
(1832). Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt.
Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt . 1–14, Pls. 1–3..
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