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Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> v. 6: i-xv + 1-368.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Mormyrus macropthalamus Günther, 1866
Homonyms
Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866
Common names
Avakili in language.
Bunyi karam in language.
Gordorgor-nukpui in language.
Idon in language.
Lele in language.
Lewoe-agamata in language.
Liwe in language.
Liwoe agamata in language.
Miligi in language.
Milligi in language.
Mormyrids in English
Nemeli in language.
Niger mormyrid in English
Nuijatapiirikala in language.
Numeli in language.
Rypoun okatý in language.
Trunkfish in English
Ugbala in language.
Большеглазый мормир in Russian
Avakili in language.
Bunyi karam in language.
Gordorgor-nukpui in language.
Idon in language.
Lele in language.
Lewoe-agamata in language.
Liwe in language.
Liwoe agamata in language.
Miligi in language.
Milligi in language.
Mormyrids in English
Nemeli in language.
Nuijatapiirikala in language.
Numeli in language.
Rypoun okatý in language.
Trunkfish in English
Ugbala 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. Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368.
  5. 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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