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Oxyrhynchus Leach, 1818

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Tuckey, J. K. (1818). A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the expedition to explore the source of the River Zaire. Appendix 4 [pp. 407-419]. <em>In: Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in south Africa, in 1816. John Murray, London.</em> i-lxxxii + 1-498, 14 pls. [Fishes are on pp. 409-410 by W. E. Leach.].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Mormyridae
genus
Mormyrops

Name

Homonyms
Oxyrhynchus Temminck, 1822
Oxyrhynchus Leach, 1818
Oxyrhynchus Brandegee
Oxyrhynchus Herrmannsen, 1847
Oxyrhynchus Agassiz, 1845
Oxyrhynchus C.J.Schoenherr, 1823
Oxyrhynchus de Buen, 1926
Oxyrhynchus Spix, 1824

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  7. SN2000 unverified
  8. Tuckey, J. K. (1818). A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the expedition to explore the source of the River Zaire. Appendix 4 [pp. 407-419]. <em>In: Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in south Africa, in 1816. John Murray, London.</em> i-lxxxii + 1-498, 14 pls. [Fishes are on pp. 409-410 by W. E. Leach.].
  9. in Tuckey, Exp. Zaire
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