rume, Mormyrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:248, Pl. 569 [not 535] [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Senegal River. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9626. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:269 [ref. 293]. •Valid as Mormyrus rume Valenciennes 1847 -- (Gosse 1984:105 [ref. 6169], Crawford & Hopkins 1989 [ref. 19510], Lévêque et al. 1989:115 [ref. 26480] dated 1846, Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478] dated 1846, Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:128 [ref. 21589], Dankwa et al. 1999:14 [ref. 28023], Hopkins et al. 2007:263 [ref. 30019], Kramer 2013:6 [ref. 32485], Skelton 2019:231 [ref. 36564]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrus rume Valenciennes 1847. Mormyridae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater.