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Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Mormyridae
genus
Mormyrops
species
Mormyrops anguilloides

Name

Synonyms
Mormyrops anguilloides voltae Roman, 1966
Mormyrops anguiloides anguiloides
Mormyrops deliciosus (Leach, 1818)
Mormyrops longiceps Günther, 1867
Mormyrops zambanenje (Peters, 1852)
Mormyrops zambezense Sauvage, 1880
Mormyrus anguilloides Linnaeus, 1758
Mormyrus swanenburgi Schilthuis, 1891
Mormyrus tuckeyi Valenciennes, 1847
Mormyrus zambanenje Peters, 1852
Oxyrhynchus deliciosus Leach, 1818
Homonyms
Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
African Carp in English
Akinkin in language.
Bunyi Karam in language.
Cornish Jack in English
Gbodongo in language.
Geddelignende Snabelfisk in language.
Lele in language.
Linjolo in language.
Lipthok in language.
Lombolombo in language.
Milligi in language.
Milobe in language.
Mulobe in language.
Noagbe in language.
Ntongo in language.
Nua Gbemazu in language.
Nyanda in language.
Ogboro in language.
Ogodorobo in language.
Pitkänorsukala in language.
Roof-bottelneus in language.
Rypoun úhořovitý in language.
Taraza in Arabic
Tooic in language.
Cornish Jack in English
African Carp in English
Akinkin in language.
Bunyi Karam in language.
Gbodongo in language.
Gbodongo in language.
Geddelignende Snabelfisk in Danish
Lele in language.
Linjolo in language.
Lipthok in language.
Lombolombo in language.
Milligi in language.
Milobe in language.
Mulobe in language.
Noagbe in language.
Ntongo in language.
Nua Gbemazu in language.
Nuagbemazu in language.
Nyanda in language.
Ogboro in language.
Ogodorobo in language.
Pitkänorsukala in language.
Roof-bottelneus in language.
Roof-bottelneus in Afrikaans
Rypoun úhořovitý in language.
Taraza in Arabic

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. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  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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