Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim, 1905
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 tapirus Pappenheim, 1905
- Name authority
- Pappenheim, 1905
- 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 tapirus Pappenheim, 1905
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 macrophthalmus Günther, 1866 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mormyrus felixi Pellegrin, 1939 | 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 |
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.
- Pappenheim, P. (1905). Ein neuer “pseudo”-elektrischer Fisch aus Kamerum, Mormyrus tapirus, sp. n. Sitzungsberichte Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Zu Berlin, (no. 8–9): 217–219. 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:6S3DM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.