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Marcusenius is a genus of the elephantfish group native to Africa. Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than and the largest more than .

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderOsteoglossiformes
  5. FamilyMormyridae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded7,114

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
170
With media
2
Family
Mormyridae
Collections
CUMV, USNM
Recorded in
Gabon, Tanzania, Malawi, Congo, Zambia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Central African Republic

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Marcusenius is a genus of the elephantfish group native to Africa. Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than and the largest more than .

The genus is named after Johann Marcusen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marcusenius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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