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Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, 1847

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Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, Georges & A. Valenciennes. 1847.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Mormyridae
genus
Mormyrus
species
Mormyrus rume

Name

Synonyms
Mormyrops bozai Pellegrin, 1903
Mormyrops bozasi Pellegrin, 1903
Mormyrus bozae (Pellegrin, 1903)
Mormyrus bozasi (Pellegrin, 1903)
Mormyrus jubelini Valenciennes, 1847
Mormyrus proboscirostris Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrus rume proboscirostris Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrus rume rume
Homonyms
Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, 1847
Mormyrus rume Boulenger, 1898
Common names
Bunyi karam in Kanuri
Dwangwa in language.
Elephant fish in language.
Fonto in language.
Isotapiirikala in Finnish
Kayani in language.
Kayani in Manx
Kururu in language.
Kururu in language.
Lele in Yoruba
Lewoe-gordorgor in Ewe
Lioka in language.
Lioka in language.
Lioka in Somali
Liwoe gordorgor in Ewe
Lollie in language.
Lollie in language.
Menyu in Irish
Milligi in Hausa
Mormyrids in English
N'djaï in language.
N'djon in language.
Nanadajan in language.
Nrii in language.
Paru tongtongo in language.
Roume-boss in Wolof
Rume-nokiskala in Estonian
Rypoun rume in Czech
Rîn in language.
Schaa in language.
Shokoka in language.
Sokoka in language.
Sosha in language.
Trunkfish in English
Tulibri in language.
Ugbala in language.
箭形長頜魚 in language.
箭形长颌鱼 in language.
象鼻長頜魚 in language.
象鼻长颌鱼 in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Daget, J., J. -P. Gosse, and D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde, eds., 1984: null. Check-List of Freshwater Fishes of Africa. vol. 1. 410.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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