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Species in the genus Mormyrops: [ 33 ] records

anguilloides, Mormyrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:327 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Nile River. Holotype (unique): NRM 63. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:209-210 [ref. 20707]. •Valid as Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Gosse 1984:91 [ref. 6169], Bigorne 1987:146 [ref. 20556], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:157 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367], Skelton 1993:94 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:94 [ref. 27406], De Vos et al. 2001:131 [ref. 26059], Seegers et al. 2003:29 [ref. 28087], Dankwa et al. 1999:16 [ref. 28023], Snoeks 2004:20 [ref. 28111], Hopkins et al. 2007:257 [ref. 30019], Kramer & van der Bank 2011:2670 [ref. 31546], Marshall 2011:40 [ref. 31755], Kramer 2013:5 [ref. 32882], Neumann et al. 2016:303 [ref. 35036], Skelton 2019:230 [ref. 36564], Munene et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1686 [ref. 39000], Akoth et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40069]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Distribution: Africa: widespread. Habitat: freshwater.

attenuatus, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:6, Pl. 1 (fig. 4) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 1); ref. 542] Upoto, Upper Congo River. Holotype (unique): MRAC 145. •Valid as Mormyrops attenuatus Boulenger 1898 -- (Gosse 1984:91 [ref. 6169], Skelton 2019:230 [ref. 36564], Kiselkewa et al. 2020:[7] 706 [ref. 38315]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops attenuatus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa: Congo River (Democratic Republic of Congo). Habitat: freshwater.

bachrachi, Mormyrops Holly [M.] 1930:197 [Sitzungsberichte, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 139 (Abt. 1) (nos. 3-4); ref. 2190] Cameroon [Sanaga River, Nachtigal Falls, 4°21'N 11°38'E, Cameroon]. Holotype (unique): NMW 7247. Type catalog: Bogutskaya et al. 2022:26 [ref. 39277]. •Valid as Mormyrops bachrachi Pellegrin 1927 -- (Gosse 1984:92 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops caballus Pellegrin 1927 -- (Bigorne 1987:156 [ref. 20556], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:155 [ref. 21589]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops caballus Pellegrin 1927. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

batesianus, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1909:186 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 4 (no. 21); ref. 576] Bumba River at Assobam, southern Cameroon. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1909.7.9.17. •Valid as Mormyrops batesianus Boulenger 1909 -- (Gosse 1984:92 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops batesianus Boulenger 1909. Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Cameroon. Habitat: freshwater.

bougouribaensis, Mormyrops Roman [B.] 1966:33, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 150; ref. 9061] Bougouriba River, tributary of the Black Volta, near Daragré, West Africa. Holotype: MRAC 140929. Paratypes: MRAC 140930-33 (4). •Valid as Mormyrops bougouribaensis Roman 1966 -- (Gosse 1984:92 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner 1894 -- (Bigorne 1987:151 [ref. 20556], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:156 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner 1894. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

breviceps, Mormyrops Steindachner [F.] 1894:66, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 16 (nos 1-2, art. 1); ref. 4237] St. Paul River, Liberia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5385. •Valid as Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner 1894 -- (Gosse 1984:92 [ref. 6169], Bigorne 1987:151 [ref. 20556], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:156 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367], Dankwa et al. 1999:16 [ref. 28023], Hopkins et al. 2007:253 [ref. 30019], Kramer 2013:5 [ref. 32882]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner 1894. Mormyridae. Distribution: West-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

caballus, Mormyrops Pellegrin [J.] 1927:296 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 52 (no. 4); ref. 3407] Sanaga River at Nanga-Eboko and Nyong River at Dehane, Cameroon. Syntypes: MNHN 1927-0157 to 0158 (1, 1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:263 [ref. 293]. Not the same as Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898. •Valid as Mormyrops caballus Pellegrin 1927 -- (Gosse 1984:93 [ref. 6169], Bigorne 1987:156 [ref. 20556], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:155 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367], Hopkins et al. 2007:253 [ref. 30019], Kiselkewa et al. 2020:[7] 706 [ref. 38315], Munene et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops caballus Pellegrin 1927. Mormyridae. Distribution: Western-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

citernii, Mormyrops Vinciguerra [D.] 1912:295 [3] [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 3). v. 45; ref. 14989] Upper Genale River, Ethiopia. Holotype (unique): MSNG 2065 (dry). Type catalog: Tortonese 1961:182 [ref. 10343]. On p. 3 of separate. •Valid as Mormyrops citernii Vinciguerra 1912 -- (Gosse 1984:93 [ref. 6169], Seegers et al. 2003:29 [ref. 28087] dated to 1913). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops citernii Vinciguerra 1912. Mormyridae. Distribution: Eastern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

curtus, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:66, Pl. 32 (fig. 1) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 4); ref. 549] Boma, Lower Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: BMNH 1899.9.26.8 (1), MRAC 512-515 (4). •Valid as Mormyrops curtus Boulenger 1899 -- (Gosse 1984:93 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops curtus Boulenger 1899. Mormyridae. Distribution: Lower Congo. Habitat: freshwater.

curviceps, Mormyrops Roman [B.] 1966:34, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 150; ref. 9061] Bougouriba River, tributary of the Black Volta, near Daragré, 10°56'N, 3°39'E, West Africa. Holotype: MRAC 140934. Paratypes: MRAC 140935-43 (9). •Valid as Mormyrus curviceps (Roman 1966) -- (Gosse 1984:93 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bigorne 1987:146 [ref. 20556], Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:157 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367], Kramer 2013:8 [ref. 32882]). •Valid as Mormyrops curviceps Roman 1966 -- (Moller & Brown 1990 [ref. 21031]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops curviceps Roman 1966. Mormyridae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

deliciosus, Oxyrhynchus Leach [W. E.] in Tuckey 1818:410 [A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch; ref. 5023] Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Type: BMNH 1979.5.29.1 (dry). •Valid as Mormyrops deliciosus (Leach 1818) -- (Gosse 1984:93 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bigorne 1987:146 [ref. 20556], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:157 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367], Seegers et al. 2003:29 [ref. 28087], Kramer 2013:8 [ref. 32882]). •Synonym of Mormyrops angulloides (Linnaeus 1758) but a valid subspecies -- (Snoeks 2004:20 [ref. 28111]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

dendera, Mormyrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:619, 621 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Cairo, Egypt. No types known. •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Gosse 1984:91 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

elongatus, Mormyrops Norman [J. R.] 1935:215, Fig. 1 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) v. 15 (no. 86, art. 17); ref. 13915] Ejura, Ashanti Forest, Ghana. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1934.8.31.2. •Valid as Mormyrops elongatus Norman 1935 -- (Gosse 1984:95 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner 1894 -- (Bigorne 1987:151 [ref. 20556], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:156 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner 1894. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

engystoma, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:3, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 1); ref. 542] Matadi, Lower Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: BMNH 1898.11.12.4-5 (2), MRAC 54 (1). •Valid as Mormyrops engystoma Boulenger 1898 -- (Gosse 1984:95 [ref. 6169], Bigorne 1987:158 [ref. 20556], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:159 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops engystoma Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

furcidens, Mormyrops Pellegrin [J.] 1900:350 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 6 (no. 7); ref. 6253] Diélé, Alima River, Congo. Syntypes: MNHN 1886-0337 to 0338 (1, 1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:262-263 [ref. 293]. Not the same as Gnathonemus furcidens Pellegrin 1920. •Valid as Mormyrops furcidens Pellegrin 1900 -- (Gosse 1984:95 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops furcidens Pellegrin 1900. Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

herse, Mormyrus Sonnini [C. S.] 1799:286, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [Voyage dans la Haute et Basse Egypte v. 2; ref. 18738] Egypt. No types known. Original not seen. •Synonym of Mormyrus anguilloides Linnaeus 1758 -- (Gosse 1984:91 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

herse, Mormyrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:620, 622 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Nile River, Cairo, Egypt. Perhaps not independent of Sonnini de Manoncourt 1799. •Apparently a synonym of Mormyrus anguilloides Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

intermedius, Mormyrops Vinciguerra [D.] 1928:7 [3] [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale `Giacomo Doria' v. 53; ref. 15879] Rubi River at Buta, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: MSNG 26452 (2). Type catalog: Tortonese 1961:182 [ref. 10343]. On p. 3 of separate. •Valid as Mormyrops intermedius Vinciguerra 1928 -- (Gosse 1984:95 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops intermedius Vinciguerra 1928. Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

lineolatus, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:5, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 1); ref. 542] Upoto, Upper Congo. Holotype (unique): MRAC 143. •Valid as Mormyrops lineolatus Boulenger 1898 -- (Gosse 1984:95 [ref. 6169], Munene et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops lineolatus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa: central and upper Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.

longiceps, Mormyrops Günther [A.] 1867:117 [8] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 20 (no. 116) (art. 15); ref. 1989] Bossumprah River, Ghana. Holotype (unique): WML [Liverpool Mus.] (whereabouts unknown). On p. 8 of separate. •Valid as Mormyrops longiceps Günther 1867 -- (Gosse 1984:95 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bigorne 1987:146 [ref. 20556], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:157 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Kramer 2013:8 [ref. 32882]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

mariae, Mormyrus (Mormyrops) Schilthuis [L.] 1891:92 [Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging, Ser. 2 v. 3; ref. 3925] Kinshasa, Stanley Pool, upper Congo River near Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1899.9.6.18. •Valid as Mormyrops mariae (Schilthuis 1891) -- (Gosse 1984:96 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops mariae (Schilthuis 1891). Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

masuianus, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:4, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 1); ref. 542] Upoto, Upper Congo. Holotype (unique): MRAC 144. •Valid as Mormyrops masuianus Boulenger 1898 -- (Gosse 1984:96 [ref. 6169], Munene et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops masuianus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa: central and upper Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.

microstoma, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:6, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 1); ref. 542] New Antwerp, Upper Congo. Holotype (unique): MRAC 160. •Valid as Mormyrops microstoma Boulenger 1898 -- (Gosse 1984:96 [ref. 6169], Munene et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops microstoma Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa: central and upper Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.

nigricans, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:66, Pl. 32 (fig. 2) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 4); ref. 549] Kutu, Lake Leopold II, Upper Congo. Holotype (unique): MRAC 516. •Valid as Mormyrops nigricans Boulenger 1899 -- (Gosse 1984:96 [ref. 6169], Hopkins et al. 2007:255 [ref. 30019], Stiassny et al. 2021:1686 [ref. 39000], Fermon et al. 2022:124 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops nigricans Boulenger 1899. Mormyridae. Distribution: Western and central Africa: Gabon and Congo. Habitat: freshwater.

oudoti, Mormyrops Daget [J.] 1954:81, Fig. 18 [Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire No. 36; ref. 11989] Bamako, upper Niger, Sudan. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1954-0007. Type catalog: Blanc 1961:261 [ref. 20870]. •Valid as Mormyrops oudoti Daget 1954 -- (Gosse 1984:97 [ref. 6169], Bigorne 1987:157 [ref. 20556], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:155 [ref. 21589]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops oudoti Daget 1954. Mormyridae. Distribution: Western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

parvus, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:65, Pl. 31 (fig. 2) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 4); ref. 549] Boma, lower Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: (5) BMNH 1899.9.26.9 (1), 1899.9.26.10 (1, skeleton); MRAC 509-511 (1, 1, 1). •Valid as Mormyrops parvus Boulenger 1899 -- (Gosse 1984:97 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops parvus Boulenger 1899. Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

sirenoides, Mormyrops Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:4, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 1); ref. 542] New Antwerp, Upper Congo. Holotype (unique): MRAC 158. •Valid as Mormyrops sirenoides Boulenger 1898 -- (Gosse 1984:97 [ref. 6169], Munene et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops sirenoides Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa; central and upper Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.

swanenburgi, Mormyrus (Mormyrops) Schilthuis [L.] 1891:91 [Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging, Ser. 2 v. 3; ref. 3925] Kinshasa, Stanley Pool, upper Congo River near Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1899.9.6.17. •Synonym of Mormyrops deliciosus (Leach 1818) -- (Gosse 1984:93 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

tuckeyi, Mormyrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:263 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Democratic Republic of Congo. •Synonym of Mormyrops deliciosus (Leach 1818) -- (Gosse 1984:93 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

vaillanti, Mormyrops Pellegrin [J.] 1899:362 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 5 (no. 7); ref. 18067] Diélé, Alima River, Congo. Syntypes: MNHN 1886-0310 and 0311 (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:262 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Mormyrops nigricans Boulenger 1899 -- (Gosse 1984:96 [ref. 6169]) Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops nigricans Boulenger 1899. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

voltae, Mormyrops anguilloides Roman [B.] 1966:36, Pl. 6 (fig. 11) [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 150; ref. 9061] Kou River, tributary of the Black Volta, 30 kilometers north of Bobo-Dioulasso, West Africa. Holotype (unique): MRAC 140928. •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Gosse 1984:91 [ref. 6169], Bigorne 1987:146 [ref. 20556], Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:157 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367]). •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Kramer 2013:8 [ref. 32882]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

zambanenje, Mormyrus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:275 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Zambezi & Licuare River, Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 3679-81 (1, 1, 1), 6616 (1) Also in Peters 1868:88, Pl. 15 (fig. 2) [ref. 3440] as Mormyrus (Mormyrops) zambanenje. •Synonym of Mormyrops deliciosus (Leach 1818) -- (Gosse 1984:93 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

zanclirostris, Mormyrus Günther [A.] 1867:115 [6], Pl. 2 (fig. B) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 20 (no. 116) (art. 15); ref. 1989] Gabon. Syntypes: BMNH 1867.5.3.11-12 (2), RMNH 5250 (1). On p. 6 of separate. •Valid as Oxymormyrus zanclirostris (Günther 1867) -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:133 [ref. 24781] with genus as Oxymyrus). •Valid as Oxymormyrus zanclistius (Günther 1867) -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:133 [ref. 24781] with genus misspelled Oxymyrus). •Valid as Mormyrops zanclirostris (Günther 1867) -- (Gosse 1984:97 [ref. 6169], Hopkins et al. 2007:251 [ref. 30019], Fermon et al. 2022:124 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops zanclirostris (Günther 1867). Mormyridae. Distribution: Western and central Africa: Gabon, and Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.