Victoria stonebasher
The Victoria stonebasher (Marcusenius victoriae) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
| Victoria stonebasher | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Marcusenius |
| Species: | M. victoriae |
| Binomial name | |
| Marcusenius victoriae (Worthington, 1929) | |
Etymology
The fish was not named after Queen Victoria but for Lake Victoria, from where the fish is found.[2]
References
- FishBase team RMCA.; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Marcusenius victoriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60365A47185200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60365A47185200.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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