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Marcusenius

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Marcusenius
Marcusenius moorii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Marcusenius
T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Mormyrus anguilloides

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]

The genus is named after Johann Marcusen.

Species

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Marcusenius furcidens
Marcusenius ussheri

There are currently 44 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Marcusenius". FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Marcusensius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c 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. ^ 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. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Decru, Eva; Sullivan, John; Emmanuel, Vreven (2019). "Marcusenius wamuinii (Teleostei: Mormyridae), a new elephantfish from the Mangroves National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwater. online first: 1–15. doi:10.23788/IEF-1090.