''Marcusenius'' is a

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of elephantfishes native to

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. 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 Johann Marcusen (29 June 1817–10 July 1894) was a Baltic German ichthyologist. Life and work Johann Marcusen was born in Jelgava in present-day Latvia. He studied in Saint Petersburg and Tartu. Between 1851 and 1854 he conducted scientific j ...

Species

There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Marcusenius abadii'' (

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1901) (Djebba mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius altisambesi ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink 2007 (bulldog) * ''

Marcusenius angolensis ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' (

1905) (Quanza mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius annamariae ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' ( Parenzan 1939) (Annamaria mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius bentleyi ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' (

1897) (Bentley's mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius brucii ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

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1910) (Ogun mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius caudisquamatus ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' Maake, Gon & Swartz 2014Maake, P.A., Gon, O. & Swartz, E.R. (2014): Descriptions of three new species of ''Marcusenius'' Gill, 1862 (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from South Africa and Mozambique. ''Zootaxa, 3780 (3): 455–480.'' (Mhlatuze mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius cuangoanus ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' ( Poll 1967) (Zovo mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius cyprinoides ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' ( Linnaeus,

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) (thicklipped trunkfish) * ''

Marcusenius deboensis ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' ( Daget 1954) (Debo mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius desertus ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' B. J. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink 2016Kramer, L.B., Van der Bank, F.H. & Wink, M. (2016): ''Marcusenius desertus'' sp. nov. (Teleostei: Mormyridae), a mormyrid fish from the Namib desert. ''African Journal of Aquatic Science, 41 (1): 1-18.'' (Cunene elephantfish) * ''

Marcusenius devosi ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink 2007 (Wenje mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius dundoensis'' ( Poll 1967) (Dundo mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius friteli'' ( Pellegrin 1904) (Alima mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius furcidens'' ( Pellegrin 1920) (Ivory Coast mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius fuscus'' ( Pellegrin 1901) * '' Marcusenius ghesquierei'' ( Poll 1945) (Busira mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius gracilis'' B. J. Kramer 2013Kramer, B. (2013): Differentiation in morphology and electrical signalling in four species of para- and sympatric ''Marcusenius'' (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. ''Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 46 (2): 105–133.'' (Comoe mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius greshoffii'' ( Schilthuis 1891) (Greshoff's mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius intermedius'' Pellegrin 1924 (Kasai mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius kainjii'' D. S. C. Lewis 1974 (Lowa elephantfish) * '' Marcusenius kaninginii'' Kisekelwa Boden, Snoeks & Vreven 2016Kisekelwa, T., Boden, G., Snoeks, J. & Vreven, E. (2016): ''Marcusenius kaninginii'', a new species of elephantfish from the Lowa River basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Osteoglossiformes: Mormyridae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (4): 341-352.'' * '' Marcusenius krameri'' Maake, Gon & Swartz 2014 (Kramer's mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius kutuensis'' (

1899) (Kutu Island mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius leopoldianus'' (

1899) (Ibali Island mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius livingstonii'' (

1899) (Livingston's bulldog) * '' Marcusenius lucombesi'' Maake, Gon & Swartz 2014 (Lucombe mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius macrolepidotus'' ( W. K. H. Peters 1852) (Bulldog) * '' Marcusenius macrophthalmus'' ( Pellegrin 1924) (Tshikapa mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius mento'' (

1890) * '' Marcusenius meronai'' Bigorne & Paugy 1990 (Sierra Leone mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius monteiri'' ( Günther 1873) (Monteiri's bulldog) * '' Marcusenius moorii'' ( Günther 1867) (Talagouga mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius multisquamatus'' B. J. Kramer & Wink 2013Kramer, B. & Wink, M. (2013): East–west differentiation in the ''Marcusenius macrolepidotus'' species complex in Southern Africa: the description of a new species for the lower Cunene River, Namibia (Teleostei: Mormyridae). ''Journal of Natural History, 47 (35-36): 2327-2362.'' (Epupa Falls mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius ntemensis'' ( Pellegrin 1927) (Ntem mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius nyasensis'' (

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1933) * '' Marcusenius pongolensis'' ( Fowler 1934) (Southern bulldog) * '' Marcusenius rheni'' ( Fowler 1936) * '' Marcusenius sanagaensis'' Boden, Teugels & C. D. Hopkins 1997 (Cameroon mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius schilthuisiae'' (

1899) (Kutu mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius senegalensis'' (

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1870) (Trunkfish; Senegalese mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius stanleyanus'' (

1897) (Boyoma mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius thomasi ''Marcusenius thomasi'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bassau, Liberia, and Sierre Leone. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by M ...

'' (

1916) (Sherbo mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius ussheri ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

'' ( Günther 1867) (Bossumprah mormyrid) * ''

Marcusenius victoriae The Victoria stonebasher (''Marcusenius victoriae'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and ...

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1929) (Victoria stonebasher) *''

Marcusenius wamuinii ''Marcusenius'' is a genus of elephantfishes 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. Species There are cur ...

References

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