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labiatus, Mormyrus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:[267], Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River, Egypt. Syntypes: MNHN A-9616 (1), A-9617 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:264-265 [ref. 293]. Description based on a specimen of about 32 cm that is apparently lost. Two other specimens were mentioned, one of 270 mm (A.9616) and of 90 mm (A.9617); they are regarded as syntypes. The page number is from a different edition. •Synonym of Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Gosse 1984:81 [ref. 6169] with MNHN A.9616 as holotype). Current status: Synonym of Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.


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