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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Osteoglossiformes

Subfamily
  
Mormyrinae

Higher classification
  
Mormyridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Mormyridae

Scientific name
  
Marcusenius

Rank
  
Genus

Marcusenius Fish Identification

Lower classifications
  
Victoria stonebasher, Marcusenius livingstonii

Marcusenius is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa. Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than 15 cm (5.9 in) and the largest more than 1 m (3.3 ft).

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Marcusenius Fish Identification

The genus is named after Johann Marcusen.

Fish spp brienomy fish spp brienomyrus brachyistus marcusenius cyprinoides cu electrical puls


Species

There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:

Marcusenius Marcusenius Wikipedia

  • 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 caudisquamatus Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014
  • Marcusenius cuangoanus (Poll, 1967)
  • Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Marcusenius deboensis (Daget, 1954)
  • Marcusenius desertus B. J. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2016
  • 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
  • Marcusenius greshoffii (Schilthuis, 1891)
  • Marcusenius intermedius Pellegrin, 1924
  • Marcusenius kainjii D. S. C. Lewis, 1974
  • Marcusenius kaninginii Kisekelwa, Boden, Snoeks & Vreven, 2016
  • Marcusenius krameri Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014
  • Marcusenius kutuensis (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Marcusenius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Marcusenius livingstonii (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Marcusenius lucombesi Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014
  • 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
  • Marcusenius ntemensis (Pellegrin, 1927)
  • Marcusenius nyasensis (Worthington, 1933)
  • Marcusenius pongolensis (Fowler, 1934)
  • Marcusenius rheni (Fowler, 1936)
  • Marcusenius sanagaensis Boden, Teugels & C. D. 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)

    • Marcusenius mormyridsmyspeciesinfositesmormyridsmyspecies

    Marcusenius Mormyridae Mormyridae African weakly electric fishes

    Marcusenius Mormyridae Mormyridae African weakly electric fishes

    Marcusenius Aquariumphotodk Category Elephantfish Osteoglossiformes

    References

    Marcusenius Wikipedia
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