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Species related to Mormyrus caballus: [ 7 ] records


asinus, Mormyrus Boulenger [G. A.] 1915:163 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 4 (fasc. 2); ref. 15086] Lake Moero [Lake Mweru], Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype (unique): MRAC 14166. •Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898, but a valid subspecies -- (Gosse 1984:98 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

caballus, Mormyrus Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:16, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Série Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 1); ref. 542] Upoto, Congo. Holotype (unique): MRAC 125 [or B154]. •Valid as Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898 -- (Gosse 1984:98 [ref. 6169], Skelton 2019:231 [ref. 36564]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Distribution: West-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

curvifrons, Mormyrus Pellegrin [J.] 1904:438 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 10 (no. 7); ref. 15196] Mokaka, Congo. Syntypes: MNHN 1986-0335 (1), 1986-0336 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:269 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898 -- (Gosse 1984:98 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

habereri, Mormyrus Steindachner [F.] 1912:443 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse v. 49 (no. 23) (for 14 Nov. 1912); ref. 18816] Congo River, southern Cameroon. Syntypes: (2) NMW 55088 (1). Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1913:9, Fig. 2 [ref. 14987]. •Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898, subspecies bumbanus Boulenger 1909 -- (Gosse 1984:99 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

jae, Mormyrus Boulenger [G. A.] 1914:384 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 14 (no. 83) (art. 28); ref. 14145] Ja River, southern Cameroon. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1920.5.17.4. •Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898, subspecies bumbanus Boulenger 1909 -- (Gosse 1984:99 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

lualabae, Mormyrus caballus Reizer [C.] 1964:22, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 133; ref. 9246] Kindu, Lualaba-Upemba, Central Africa. Holotype: MRAC 70080. Paratypes: MRAC 22087 (1), 67474 (1), 70076 (1), 70078 (1). •Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Gosse 1984:99 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

bumbanus, Mormyrus 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 1909.7.9.25. •Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898, but a valid subspecies -- (Gosse 1984:98 [ref. 6169], Munene et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrus caballus Boulenger 1898. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.


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