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Marcusenius thomasi

Sherbo mormyrid is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and Sierre Leone. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by Mining and deforestation.

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Marcusenius thomasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Marcusenius
Species:
M. thomasi
Binomial name
Marcusenius thomasi
(Boulenger,1916)
Synonyms
  • Gnathonemus thomasi
    Boulenger, 1916

Sherbo mormyrid (Marcusenius thomasi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and Sierre Leone. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by Mining and deforestation.1

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of anthropologist Northcote W. Thomas (1868-1936), who collected the type specimen.2


References

References

  1. Diallo, I.; Lalèyè, P. (2020). "Marcusenius thomasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T182602A135007237. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T182602A135007237.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.