Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Mormyridae
Genus: Mormyrus
Species (21):
M. bernhardi –
M. casalis –
M. caschive –
M. cyaneus –
M. felixi –
M. goheeni –
M. hasselquistii –
M. hildebrandti –
M. iriodes –
M. kannume –
M. lacerda –
M. longirostris –
M. macrocephalus –
M. macrophthalmus –
M. niloticus –
M. ovis –
M. rume –
M. subundulatus –
M. tapirus –
M. tenuirostris –
M. thomasi
Name
- Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Mormyrus cyprinoides Linnaeus, 1758
- Current usage assumes as type species Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus, 1758
References
Primary references
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 327. Reference page.
- Jordan, D.S. 1917: The genera of fishes, from Linnaeus to Cuvier, 1758-1833, seventy-five years, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. (Assisted by Barton Warren Evermann.). Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series, No. 27: 1–161. BHL
Additional references
Links
- ION
- Nomenclator Zoologicus
- Mormyrus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022. - Mormyrus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version. [Note: the CoF genus link goes to a different genus Mormyrus of Catesby, a junior homonym]
- ITIS