Taxonomy Profile: Mormyrus (Linnaeus 1758)

Mormyrus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Mormyrus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Osteoglossomorpha
Order : Osteoglossiformes
bonytongues |
Suborder : Osteoglossoidei
Superfamily : Mormyroidea
Family : Mormyridae
elephant fishes |
mormyrids |
Genus : Mormyrus
Mormyrus Direct Children(s):
Mormyrus bernhardi
(Pellegrin 1926)
Mormyrus caballus
(Boulenger 1898)
Mormyrus casalis
(Vinciguerra 1922)
Mormyrus caschive
(Linnaeus 1758)
Mormyrus cyaneus
(Roberts and Stewart 1976)
Mormyrus felixi
(Pellegrin 1939)
Mormyrus goheeni
(Fowler 1919)
Mormyrus hasselquistii
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1847)
Mormyrus iriodes
(Roberts and Stewart 1976)
Mormyrus kannume
(Forsskål 1775)
Mormyrus lacerda
(Castelnau 1861)
Mormyrus longirostris
(Peters 1852)
Mormyrus macrocephalus
(Worthington 1929)
Mormyrus macrophthalmus
(Günther 1866)
Mormyrus niloticus
(Bloch and Schneider 1801)
Mormyrus ovis
(Boulenger 1898)
Mormyrus rume
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1847)
Mormyrus tapirus
(Pappenheim 1905)
Mormyrus tenuirostris
(Peters 1882)
Mormyrus thomasi
(Pellegrin 1938)
Mormyrus subundulatus
(Roberts 1989)
Mormyrus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004
Acquired:
2004-05-13
Notes:
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
Reference for:
Mormyrus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Daget, J., J. -P. Gosse, and D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1984-01-01 / 1984-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Check-List of Freshwater Fishes of Africa. vol. 1
Page(s):
410
Publisher:
ORSTOM
Publication Place:
Paris, France
ISBN/ISSN:
2-87177-002-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mormyrus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Catalog of Fishes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
Page(s):
2905
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, California, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-47-5/
Notes:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
Reference for:
Mormyrus
Mormyrus: Geographic Information
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Mormyrus: Comments