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Mormyrus
Encyclopedia
Mormyrus is a genus of fish
in the Mormyridae
family.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Mormyridae
Mormyridae
The family Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" , are freshwater fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order with around 200 species. Members of the family are popular, if challenging, aquarium species...
family.
Species
- Mormyrus bernhardi PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
, 1926 (Bernhard's elephant-snout fish) - Mormyrus caballus BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1898- Mormyrus caballus asinus BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1915 - Mormyrus caballus bumbanus BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1909 - Mormyrus caballus caballus Boulenger, 1898
- Mormyrus caballus lualabae Reizer, 1964
- Mormyrus caballus asinus Boulenger
- Mormyrus casalis Vinciguerra, 1922
- Mormyrus caschiveMormyrus caschiveMormyrus caschive is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family. It is endemic to Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.-References:* Twongo, T.K. 2005. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
Linnaeus, 1758 - Mormyrus cyaneus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
- Mormyrus felixi PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
, 1939 - Mormyrus goheeni FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1919 - Mormyrus hasselquistii ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1847 (Elephant snout) - Mormyrus hildebrandtiMormyrus hildebrandtiMormyrus hildebrandti is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family. It is endemic to Kenya. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Vreven, E. 2005. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
W. K. H. PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1882 (Hildebrandt's elephant-snout fish) - Mormyrus iriodes T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
- Mormyrus kannume ForsskålPeter ForsskålPeter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl, was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Early life:...
, 1775 (Elephant-snout fish) - Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau, 1861 (Western bottlenose mormyrid)
- Mormyrus longirostris W. K. H. PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1852 (Eastern bottlenose mormyrid) - Mormyrus macrocephalusMormyrus macrocephalusMormyrus macrocephalus is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family. It is endemic to Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.-References:* Twongo, T.K. 2005. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
Worthington, 1929 - Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866
- Mormyrus niloticus (BlochMarcus Elieser BlochMarcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...
& J. G. SchneiderJohann Gottlob SchneiderJohann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider was a German classicist and naturalist.-Biography:Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony...
, 1801) - Mormyrus ovis BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1898 - Mormyrus rume ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1847- Mormyrus rume proboscirostris BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1898 - Mormyrus rume rume Valenciennes, 1847
- Mormyrus rume proboscirostris Boulenger
- Mormyrus subundulatus T. R. Roberts, 1989
- Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim, 1905
- Mormyrus tenuirostris W. K. H. PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1882 (Athi elephant-snout fish) - Mormyrus thomasi PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
, 1938