Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866
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
- Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866
- Name authority
- Günther, 1866
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Osteoglossiformes
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Genus
- Mormyrus
- 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
- genusMormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesMormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Mormyrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington, 1929 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus iriodes Roberts & Stewart, 1976 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus casalis Vinciguerra, 1922 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus felixi Pellegrin, 1939 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim, 1905 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus subundulatus Roberts, 1989 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus niloticus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus goheeni Fowler, 1919 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus ovis Boulenger, 1898 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus longirostris Peters, 1852 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau, 1861 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus hildebrandti Peters, 1882 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Mormyrus macropthalamus Günther, 1866 Günther, 1866 | synonym |
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.
- Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, 6: i–xv + 1–368. 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:6S3BR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.