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Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Mormyridae
genus
Cyphomyrus
species
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus

Name

Synonyms
Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936)
Cyphomyrus smithersi (Määr, 1962)
Hippopotamyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936)
Hippopotamyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852)
Hippopotamyrus smithersi (Määr, 1962)
Marcusenius cubangoensis Pellegrin, 1936
Marcusenius discorhynchus (Peters, 1852)
Marcusenius smithersi Määr, 1962
Marcusenius tanganicanus Boulenger, 1906
Mormyrus discorhynchus Peters, 1852
Petrocephalus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852)
Homonyms
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852)
Common names
Parrotfish in English
Zambesipapegaaivis in Afrikaans
Zambezi Parrotfish in English
Zambezi-papegaaivis in Afrikaans
rypoun mosambický in Czech
Круглопёрый цифомир in Russian
Mwila Kalomo in language.
Chise in language.
Zambezi Parrotfish in English
Zambezi-papegaaivis in Afrikaans

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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