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Gnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf, 1888)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

The longnose stonebasher (Gnathonemus longibarbis) is a species of fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas.

Wikipedia contributors, Longnose stonebasher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:38:17.161727+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Gnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf, 1888)
Name authority
(Hilgendorf, 1888)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Osteoglossiformes
Family
Mormyridae
Genus
Gnathonemus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderOsteoglossiformes
  11. familyMormyridae Bonaparte, 1831
  12. genusGnathonemus Gill, 1863
  13. speciesGnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf, 1888)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gnathonemus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus Pellegrin, 1924MormyridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gnathonemus petersii (Günther, 1862)MormyridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gnathonemus barbatus Poll, 1967MormyridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 187 records assigned to Mormyridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Mormyrus longibarbis Hilgendorf, 1888 Hilgendorf, 1888synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1019770 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3GLTL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.