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Marcusenius

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Marcusenius moorii

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

Marcusenius is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa.[1] Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than 15 cm (6 in) and the largest more than 1 m (3.3 ft).[1]


The genus is named after Johann Marcusen.



Species





Marcusenius furcidens





Marcusenius ussheri


There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]



  • Marcusenius abadii (Boulenger 1901) (Djebba mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius altisambesi B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink 2007 (bulldog)


  • Marcusenius angolensis (Boulenger 1905) (Quanza mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius annamariae (Parenzan 1939) (Annamaria mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius bentleyi (Boulenger 1897) (Bentley's mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius brucii (Boulenger 1910) (Ogun mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius caudisquamatus Maake, Gon & Swartz 2014[3] (Mhlatuze mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius cuangoanus (Poll 1967) (Zovo mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (thicklipped trunkfish)


  • Marcusenius deboensis (Daget 1954) (Debo mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius desertus B. J. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink 2016[4] (Cunene elephantfish)


  • Marcusenius devosi B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink 2007 (Wenje mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius dundoensis (Poll 1967) (Dundo mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius friteli (Pellegrin 1904) (Alima mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius furcidens (Pellegrin 1920) (Ivory Coast mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius fuscus (Pellegrin 1901)


  • Marcusenius ghesquierei (Poll 1945) (Busira mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius gracilis B. J. Kramer 2013[5] (Comoe mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius greshoffii (Schilthuis 1891) (Greshoff's mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius intermedius Pellegrin 1924 (Kasai mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius kainjii D. S. C. Lewis 1974 (Lowa elephantfish)


  • Marcusenius kaninginii Kisekelwa Boden, Snoeks & Vreven 2016[6]


  • Marcusenius krameri Maake, Gon & Swartz 2014[3] (Kramer's mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius kutuensis (Boulenger 1899) (Kutu Island mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius leopoldianus (Boulenger 1899) (Ibali Island mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius livingstonii (Boulenger 1899) (Livingston's bulldog)


  • Marcusenius lucombesi Maake, Gon & Swartz 2014[3] (Lucombe mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius macrolepidotus (W. K. H. Peters 1852) (Bulldog)


  • Marcusenius macrophthalmus (Pellegrin 1924) (Tshikapa mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius mento (Boulenger 1890)


  • Marcusenius meronai Bigorne & Paugy 1990 (Sierra Leone mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius monteiri (Günther 1873) (Monteiri's bulldog)


  • Marcusenius moorii (Günther 1867) (Talagouga mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius multisquamatus B. J. Kramer & Wink 2013[7] (Epupa Falls mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius ntemensis (Pellegrin 1927) (Ntem mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius nyasensis (Worthington 1933)


  • Marcusenius pongolensis (Fowler 1934) (Southern bulldog)


  • Marcusenius rheni (Fowler 1936)


  • Marcusenius sanagaensis Boden, Teugels & C. D. Hopkins 1997 (Cameroon mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius schilthuisiae (Boulenger 1899) (Kutu mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius senegalensis (Steindachner 1870) (Trunkfish; Senegalese mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius stanleyanus (Boulenger 1897) (Boyoma mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius thomasi (Boulenger 1916) (Sherbo mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius ussheri (Günther 1867) (Bossumprah mormyrid)


  • Marcusenius victoriae (Worthington 1929) (Victoria stonebasher)


References




  1. ^ abc Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Marcusenius in FishBase. January 2016 version.


  2. ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ abc Maake, P.A., Gon, O. & Swartz, E.R. (2014): Descriptions of three new species of Marcusenius Gill, 1862 (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from South Africa and Mozambique. Zootaxa, 3780 (3): 455–480.


  4. ^ Kramer, L.B., Van der Bank, F.H. & Wink, M. (2016): Marcusenius desertus sp. nov. (Teleostei: Mormyridae), a mormyrid fish from the Namib desert. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 41 (1): 1-18.


  5. ^ 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.


  6. ^ Kisekelwa, T., Boden, G., Snoeks, J. & Vreven, E. (2016): Marcusenius kaninginii, a new species of elephantfish from the Lowa River basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Osteoglossiformes: Mormyridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (4): 341-352.


  7. ^ 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, 47 (35-36): 2327-2362.









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