Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Onglets principaux

Nomenclature

Subfamily: Mormyrinae

Genus: Marcusenius

Species:

Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Systema Naturae (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae p. 327.

Synonyms, objective (homotypic):

Mormyrus abbreviatus Valenciennes 1847
Mormyrus labiatus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809
Mormyrus elongatus Rüppell, 1832
Gnathonemus cyprinoides elongata Pellegrin, 1927

Type material:

Holotype (unique): NRM 62. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:210.

Type locality:

Nile River.

Média

Mormyrus abbreviatus Valenciennes (=Marcusenius cyprinoides) holotype MNHN A-9392, Nile River, Egypt.

Mormyrus abbreviatus Valenciennes (=Marcusenius cyprinoides) holotype MNHN A-9392, Nile River, Egypt.

Mormyrus labiatus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809, syntype MNHN A-9616 Nile River, Egypt

Mormyrus labiatus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809, syntype MNHN A-9616 Nile River, Egypt

Illustration of Gnathonemus cyprinoides (=Marcusenius cyprinoides) from Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)

Illustration of Gnathonemus cyprinoides (=Marcusenius cyprinoides) from Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)