Marcusenius

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Marcusenius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus: Marcusenius
T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Mormyrus anguilloides
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

see text

Marcusenius is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa.

Species

There are currently 40 recognized species in this genus:[1][2][3]

  • Marcusenius abadii (Boulenger, 1901)
  • Marcusenius altisambesi B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007
  • Marcusenius angolensis (Boulenger, 1905)
  • Marcusenius annamariae (Parenzan, 1939)
  • Marcusenius bentleyi (Boulenger, 1897)
  • Marcusenius brucii (Boulenger, 1910)
  • Marcusenius cuangoanus (Poll, 1967)
  • Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Marcusenius deboensis (Daget, 1954)
  • Marcusenius devosi B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007
  • Marcusenius dundoensis (Poll, 1967)
  • Marcusenius friteli (Pellegrin, 1904)
  • Marcusenius furcidens (Pellegrin, 1920)
  • Marcusenius fuscus (Pellegrin, 1901)
  • Marcusenius ghesquierei (Poll, 1945)
  • Marcusenius gracilis B. J. Kramer, 2013[2]
  • Marcusenius greshoffii (Schilthuis, 1891)
  • Marcusenius intermedius Pellegrin, 1924
  • Marcusenius kainjii D. S. C. Lewis, 1974
  • Marcusenius kutuensis (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Marcusenius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Marcusenius livingstonii (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Marcusenius macrolepidotus (W. K. H. Peters, 1852) (Bulldog)
  • Marcusenius macrophthalmus (Pellegrin, 1924)
  • Marcusenius mento (Boulenger, 1890)
  • Marcusenius meronai Bigorne & Paugy, 1990
  • Marcusenius monteiri (Günther, 1873) (Monteiri's bulldog)
  • Marcusenius moorii (Günther, 1867)
  • Marcusenius multisquamatus B. J. Kramer & Wink, 2013[3]
  • Marcusenius ntemensis (Pellegrin, 1927)
  • Marcusenius nyasensis (Worthington, 1933)
  • Marcusenius pongolensis (Fowler, 1934)
  • Marcusenius rheni (Fowler, 1936)
  • Marcusenius sanagaensis Boden, Teugels & Hopkins, 1997
  • Marcusenius schilthuisiae (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Marcusenius senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870)
  • Marcusenius stanleyanus (Boulenger, 1897)
  • Marcusenius thomasi (Boulenger, 1916)
  • Marcusenius ussheri (Günther, 1867)
  • Marcusenius victoriae (Worthington, 1929) (Victoria stonebasher)

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Marcusenius in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kramer, B. (2013): Differentiation in morphology and electrical signalling in four species of para- and sympatric Marcusenius (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 46 (2): 105–133.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kramer, B. & Wink, M. (2013): East–west differentiation in the Marcusenius macrolepidotus species complex in Southern Africa: the description of a new species for the lower Cunene River, Namibia (Teleostei: Mormyridae). Journal of Natural History, Online first, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2013.798699
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