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Pollimyrus isidori (Valenciennes, 1847)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Mormyridae
genus
Pollimyrus
species
Pollimyrus isidori

Name

Synonyms
Marcusenius fasciaticeps Boulenger, 1920
Marcusenius gaillardi Pellegrin, 1909
Marcusenius isidori
Marcusenius isidori fasciaticeps Boulenger, 1920
Marcusenius isidori isidori
Marcusenius isidori osborni Nichols & Griscom, 1917
Marcusenius osborni Nichols & Griscom, 1917
Marcusenius rudebeckii Svensson, 1933
Mormyrus isidori Valenciennes, 1847
Petrocephalus vanderbilti Fowler, 1936
Pollimyrus fasciaticeps (Boulenger, 1920)
Pollimyrus isidori fasciaticeps (Boulenger, 1920)
Pollimyrus isidori isidori
Pollimyrus isidori osborni (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Pollimyrus osborni (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Polymyrus isidori (Valenciennes, 1847)
Homonyms
Pollimyrus isidori (Valenciennes, 1847)
Pollimyrus isidori (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Common names
Elephant Fish in English
rypoun Isidorův in Czech
Маркузения-исидора in Russian

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. 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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