oxyrhynchus, Mormyrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:619, 621 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Nile River, Egypt. Lectotype: MNHN A-9627. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-0826 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:268 [ref. 293] dating to Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809. Holotype of authors designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:1263 [ref. 23416]. •Synonym of Mormyrus kannume Forsskål 1775 -- (Gosse 1984:102 [ref. 6169] with holotype and paratype). Current status: Synonym of Mormyrus kannume Fabricius 1775. Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.