| Accepted scientific name: |
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Mormyrus kannume Forsskål, 1775 (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Mormyrus bachiqua Valenciennes, 1847 (synonym) |
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| Mormyrus hildebrandi (non Peters, 1882) (misapplied name) |
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| Mormyrus nacra Valenciennes, 1847 (synonym) |
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| Mormyrus oxyrhynchus Lacepède, 1803 (synonym) |
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| Murmyrous kannume Forsskål, 1775 (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Transliteration |
Language |
Country |
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| Kasulu |
- |
- |
Uganda |
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| Khashm el banat |
- |
Arabic |
Sudan |
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| Kasuruban |
- |
Chiga |
Uganda(Lakes Edward and George and Kazinga Channel) |
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| Rypoun nosáč |
- |
Czech |
- |
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| Tapirfisk |
- |
Danish |
Denmark |
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| Bottlenose |
- |
English |
Rwanda |
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| Elephant-snout fish |
- |
English |
Kenya |
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| Elephant-snout fish |
- |
English |
Rwanda |
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| Elephant-snout fish |
- |
English |
United Kingdom |
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| Elephant-snout fish |
- |
English |
USA |
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| Tapiirikala |
- |
Finnish |
Finland |
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| Tapir-Rüsselfisch |
- |
German |
Germany |
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| Entanana |
- |
Konzo |
Uganda(Lakes Edward and George and Kazinga Channel) |
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| Kasuruban |
- |
Konzo |
Uganda(Lakes Edward and George and Kazinga Channel) |
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| Aduoyo |
- |
Luo |
Kenya(Lake Victoria) |
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| Suma |
- |
Luo |
Kenya |
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| 卡氏長頜魚 |
Ka shih chang ge yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 卡氏长颌鱼 |
Ka shi chang ge yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| слонорыл |
- |
Russian |
Russia |
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| Shubule |
- |
Samburu |
Kenya(northern Ewaso Nyiro River) |
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| Domodomo |
- |
Swahili (individual language) |
Tanzania |
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| Mbète |
- |
Swahili (individual language) |
Tanzania |
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| Surasura |
- |
Swahili (individual language) |
Tanzania |
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| Lomakale |
- |
Turkana |
Kenya(Lake Turkana) |
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| Mkale |
- |
Turkana |
Kenya(Lake Turkana) |
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| Mboro |
- |
Zande |
Sudan |
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| Classification: |
| Kingdom |
Animalia
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b7e0a3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Phylum |
Chordata
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a0f2ea-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Class |
Actinopterygii
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17954-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Order |
Osteoglossiformes
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2c53f01-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Family |
Mormyridae
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2c5455f-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Genus |
Mormyrus
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2f5b455-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
Africa: Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Albert, Edward and George; also from the Nile, including the Victoria and Murchison Nile, probably in the Athi River (Kenya). |
| Lifezones: |
Freshwater |
| Additional data: |
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
19-May-2014 |
| Source database: |
FishBase, Jan 2015
99%
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. |
| Online resource: |
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=8767
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fb8458a5-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401 |
