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Mormyrus caballus Boulenger, 1898

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Boulenger, G. A. (1898). Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Première Partie. Mormyres. <em>Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology).</em> v. 1 (fasc. 1): 1-20, Pls. 1-9.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Mormyrus asinus Boulenger, 1915
Mormyrus bumbanus Boulenger, 1909
Mormyrus caballus asinus Boulenger, 1915
Mormyrus caballus bumbanus Boulenger, 1909
Mormyrus caballus caballus
Mormyrus caballus lualabae Reizer, 1964
Mormyrus curvifrons Pellegrin, 1904
Mormyrus habereri Steindachner, 1912
Mormyrus haberi Steindachner, 1912
Mormyrus jae Boulenger, 1914
Mormyrus tumbanus Pellegrin, 1928
Homonyms
Mormyrus caballus Boulenger, 1898
Common names
rypoun kobylohlavý in Czech

Bibliographic References

  1. Boulenger, G. A. (1898). Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Première Partie. Mormyres. <em>Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology).</em> v. 1 (fasc. 1): 1-20, Pls. 1-9.
  2. 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.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  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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