Marcusenius

Marcusenius
Marcusenius moorii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Marcusenius
T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Mormyrus anguilloides

Marcusenius is a genus of the elephantfish group native to Africa. 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).

The genus is named after Johann Marcusen.

Species

Marcusenius furcidens
Marcusenius ussheri

There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Marcusenius". FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Marcusensius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 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. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Decru, Eva; Sullivan, John; Emmanuel, Vreven (2019). "Marcusenius wamuinii (Teleostei: Mormyridae), a new elephantfish from the Mangroves National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters: 1–15. doi:10.23788/IEF-1090.