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» Mormyrus longirostris - Peters, 1852
Mormyridae
Mormyrus
longirostris
Peters, 1852
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Nomenclature
Subfamily:
Mormyrinae
Genus:
Mormyrus
Species:
Mormyrus
longirostris
Peters, 1852
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Diagnosen von neuen Flussfischen aus Mossambique
p. 275.
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Amalompi
Vernacular name:
Bottle-nose
Vernacular name:
Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
Vernacular name:
Hotama
Synonyms, objective (homotypic):
Mormyrus mucupe Peters, 1852
Type material:
Lectotype: ZMB 3672. Paralectotypes: ZMB 3671 (1), 32044 (1). Lectotype designated by Seegers (1996).
Type locality:
Mozambique.
Media
Mormyrus longirostris Peters, Mozambique, photo believed to be one of three syntypes in ZMB.
Mormyrus longirostris Peters, Mozambique, photo believed to be one of three syntypes in ZMB.
Mormyrus mucupe Peters (=Mormyrus longirostris Peters), Mozambique, lectotype ZMB 3670
Mormyrus mucupe Peters (=Mormyrus longirostris Peters), Mozambique, lectotype ZMB 3670
Mormyrus longirostris, Lake Malawi
Mormyrus longirostris, Lake Malawi
Mormyrus longirostris Peters, Mozambique, photo believed to be one of three syntypes in ZMB.
Mormyrus mucupe Peters (=Mormyrus longirostris Peters), Mozambique, lectotype ZMB 3670
Mormyrus longirostris, Lake Malawi
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
