Marcusenius
Sign in to saveMarcusenius is a genus of the elephantfish group native to Africa. Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than and the largest more than .
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOsteoglossiformes
- FamilyMormyridae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded7,114
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 170
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Collections
- CUMV, USNM
- Recorded in
- Gabon, Tanzania, Malawi, Congo, Zambia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Central African Republic
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mormyridae
- Image
- MormyrusLepturusFord.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Marcusenius
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- Marcusenius
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- Category:Marcusenius
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Marcusenius is a genus of the elephantfish group native to Africa. Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than and the largest more than .
The genus is named after Johann Marcusen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marcusenius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.