Marcusenius kaninginii Kisekelwa, Boden, Snoeks & Vreven, 2016
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Marcusenius kaninginii Kisekelwa, Boden, Snoeks & Vreven, 2016
- Name authority
- Kisekelwa, Boden, Snoeks & Vreven, 2016
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Osteoglossiformes
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Genus
- Marcusenius
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderOsteoglossiformes
- familyMormyridae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusMarcusenius Gill, 1862
- speciesMarcusenius kaninginii Kisekelwa, Boden, Snoeks & Vreven, 2016
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Marcusenius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Marcusenius abadii (Boulenger, 1901) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius altisambesi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius angolensis (Boulenger, 1905) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius annamariae (Parenzan, 1939) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius caudisquamatus Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius devosi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius dundoensis (Poll, 1967) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius friteli (Pellegrin, 1904) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius ghesquierei (Poll, 1945) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius gracilis Kramer, 2013 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius greshoffii (Schilthuis, 1891) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius intermedius Pellegrin, 1924 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Kisekelwa, 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). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 26. 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:3Y38G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.