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Mormyrops masuianus  Boulenger, 1898
Taxonomic Serial No.: 649913

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOsteoglossomorpha   
                            OrderOsteoglossiformes  – bonytongues  
                               SuborderOsteoglossoidei   
                                  SuperfamilyMormyroidea   
                                     FamilyMormyridae  – elephant fishes, mormyrids  
                                        GenusMormyrops Müller, 1843  
                                           SpeciesMormyrops masuianus Boulenger, 1898  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Mormyrops masuianus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Daget, J., J. -P. Gosse, and D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1984   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-List of Freshwater Fishes of Africa. vol. 1   
  Page(s): 410   
  Publisher: ORSTOM   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN: 2-87177-002-6   
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  Reference for: Mormyrops masuianus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Mormyrops masuianus   
       

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