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Mormyrus longirostris Peters, 1852

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1852). Diagnosen von neuen Flussfischen aus Mossambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1852: 275-276, 681-685.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Mormyridae
genus
Mormyrus
species
Mormyrus longirostris

Name

Synonyms
Mormyros longirostris Peters, 1852
Mormyrus mucupe Peters, 1852
Homonyms
Mormyrus longirostris Peters, 1852
Mormyrus longirostris Boulenger, 1898
Common names
Chingoti in language.
Domodomo in Swahili
Eastern Bottlenose in English
Elephant-snout in English
Mbelewele in language.
Mpanda in language.
Oostelike Bottelneus in Afrikaans
Oostelike-bottelneus in Afrikaans
Rypoun Dlouhorypý in Czech
Tapondi in language.
amalompi in English
amalompi in English
bottle-nose in English
bottle-nose in English
eastern bottlenose mormyrid in English
eastern bottlenose mormyrid in English
hotama in English
hotama in English
Eastern Bottlenose Mormyrid in English
Chingoti in language.
Domodomo in Swahili
Eastern Bottlenose in English
Elephant-snout in English
Mbelewele in language.
Mbubu in language.
Mpanda in language.
Oostelike Bottelneus in Afrikaans
Oostelike-bottelneus in Afrikaans
Rypoun Dlouhorypý in Czech
Tapondi in language.

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, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. 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
  5. Peters, W. (C. H.). (1852). Diagnosen von neuen Flussfischen aus Mossambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1852: 275-276, 681-685.
  6. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
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