Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Osteoglossiformes

family

Mormyridae

genus

Mormyrus

Name

Synonyms

Mormyrius Swainson, 1839

Mormyrodes Gill, 1862

Mormyros

Murmyrous

Scrophicephalus Swainson, 1838

Solenomormyrus Bleeker, 1874

Homonyms

Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758

Mormyrus Catesby, 1771

Bibliographic References

1. Daget, J., J. -P. Gosse, and D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde, eds., 1984: null. Check-List of Freshwater Fishes of Africa. vol. 1. 410.
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
4. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
5. FishBase
6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 77 Thirty-five generic names in Protozoa, Coelenterata, Trematoda, Cestoda, Cirripedia, Tunicata, and Pisces placed in the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(1), 71-73 (1922)
8. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
9. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
10. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
12. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
13. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)