Marcusenius

<i>Marcusenius</i>

Marcusenius

Genus of ray-finned fishes

Marcusenius is a genus of the elephantfish group native to Africa.[1] Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than 15 cm (6 in) and the largest more than 1 m (3.3 ft).[1]

Quick Facts Marcusenius, Scientific classification ...

The genus is named after Johann Marcusen.

Species

Marcusenius furcidens
Marcusenius ussheri

There are currently 47 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Marcusenius abadii (Boulenger 1901) (Djebba mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius altisambesi B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink 2007 (bulldog)
  • Marcusenius angolensis (Boulenger 1905) (Quanza mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius annamariae (Parenzan 1939) (Annamaria mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius bentleyi (Boulenger 1897) (Bentley's mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius brucii (Boulenger 1910) (Ogun mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius caudisquamatus Maake, Gon & Swartz 2014[3] (Mhlatuze mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius cuangoanus (Poll 1967) (Zovo mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (thicklipped trunkfish)
  • Marcusenius deboensis (Daget 1954) (Debo mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius desertus B. J. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink 2016[4] (Cunene elephantfish)
  • Marcusenius devosi B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink 2007 (Wenje mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius dundoensis (Poll 1967) (Dundo mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius friteli (Pellegrin 1904) (Alima mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius furcidens (Pellegrin 1920) (Ivory Coast mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius fuscus (Pellegrin 1901)
  • Marcusenius ghesquierei (Poll 1945) (Busira mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius gracilis B. J. Kramer 2013[5] (Comoe mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius greshoffii (Schilthuis 1891) (Greshoff's mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius intermedius Pellegrin 1924 (Kasai mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius johncygnar (Boulenger 1902) (Molas mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius kainjii D. S. C. Lewis 1974 (Lowa elephantfish)
  • Marcusenius kaninginii Kisekelwa Boden, Snoeks & Vreven 2016[6]
  • Marcusenius krameri Maake, Gon & Swartz 2014[3] (Kramer's mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius kutuensis (Boulenger 1899) (Kutu Island mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius leopoldianus (Boulenger 1899) (Ibali Island mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius livingstonii (Boulenger 1899) (Livingston's bulldog)
  • Marcusenius lucombesi Maake, Gon & Swartz 2014[3] (Lucombe mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius macrolepidotus (W. K. H. Peters 1852) (Bulldog)
  • Marcusenius macrophthalmus (Pellegrin 1924) (Tshikapa mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius mento (Boulenger 1890)
  • Marcusenius meronai Bigorne & Paugy 1990 (Sierra Leone mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius monteiri (Günther 1873) (Monteiri's bulldog)
  • Marcusenius moorii (Günther 1867) (Talagouga mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius multisquamatus B. J. Kramer & Wink 2013[7] (Epupa Falls mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius ntemensis (Pellegrin 1927) (Ntem mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius nyasensis (Worthington 1933)
  • Marcusenius pongolensis (Fowler 1934) (Southern bulldog)
  • Marcusenius rheni (Fowler 1936)
  • Marcusenius sanagaensis Boden, Teugels & C. D. Hopkins 1997 (Cameroon mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius schilthuisiae (Boulenger 1899) (Kutu mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius senegalensis (Steindachner 1870) (Trunkfish; Senegalese mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius stanleyanus (Boulenger 1897) (Boyoma mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius thomasi (Boulenger 1916) (Sherbo mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius ussheri (Günther 1867) (Bossumprah mormyrid)
  • Marcusenius victoriae (Worthington 1929) (Victoria stonebasher)
  • Marcusenius wamuinii Decru, Sullivan & Vreven, 2019 [8]

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Marcusenius in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. [2]
    "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. [3]
    Maake, P.A., Gon, O. & Swartz, E.R. (2014): Descriptions of three new species of Marcusenius Gill, 1862 (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from South Africa and Mozambique. Zootaxa, 3780 (3): 455–480.
  4. [4]
    Kramer, L.B., Van der Bank, F.H. & Wink, M. (2016): Marcusenius desertus sp. nov. (Teleostei: Mormyridae), a mormyrid fish from the Namib desert. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 41 (1): 1-18.
  5. [5]
    Kramer, B. (2013): Differentiation in morphology and electrical signalling in four species of para- and sympatric Marcusenius (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 46 (2): 105–133.
  6. [6]
    Kisekelwa, T., Boden, G., Snoeks, J. & Vreven, E. (2016): Marcusenius kaninginii, a new species of elephantfish from the Lowa River basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Osteoglossiformes: Mormyridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (4): 341-352.
  7. [7]
    Kramer, B. & Wink, M. (2013): East–west differentiation in the Marcusenius macrolepidotus species complex in Southern Africa: the description of a new species for the lower Cunene River, Namibia (Teleostei: Mormyridae). Journal of Natural History, 47 (35-36): 2327-2362.
  8. [8]
    Decru, Eva; Sullivan, John P.; Vreven, Emmanuel (2019-05-15). Marcusenius wamuinii (Teleostei: Mormyridae), a new elephantfish from the Mangroves National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. DE: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. doi:10.23788/ief-1090.
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