Marcusenius pongolensis

(Fowler, 1934)

Taxonomie [+/-]

Gattung: Marcusenius
Familie: Mormyridae
Unterordnung: Notopteroidei
Ordnung: Osteoglossiformes
Untergruppe: Teleocephala
Gruppe: Osteoglossomorpha
Übergruppe: Osteoglossocephala
Teilklasse: Teleostei
Unterklasse: Neopterygii
Klasse: Actinopteri
Überklasse: Actinopterygii
Megaklasse: Osteichthyes
Klasse: Actinopteri
Unterphylum: Craniata
Phylum: Chordata

Synonyme [+/-]

Gnathonemus pongolensis

Verbreitung [+/-]

Süd Afrika: Pongola River

Literatur

• Seegers, L. 1996. The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques, 278: 1-407. Zitatseite : 1996:73
  TAVERNE,L.: Note sur la systematique des poissons Mormyriformes. Le probleme des genres Gnathonemus GILL, Marcusenius GILL, Hippopotamyrus PAPPEN-HEIM, Cyphomyrus MYERS et les nouveaux genres Pollimyrus et Brienomyrus. (Rev.Zool.Bot.afr 84(1-2)1971:99-110): 1971:103
  
• Fowler, H.W. 1934. Fishes obtained by Mr. H. W. Bell-Marley chiefly in Natal and Zululand in 1929 to 1932. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 86: 405–514. Zitatseite : 1934:419
  BALON,E.K.: Fishes of Lake Kariba, Africa. (T.F.H. Publ., Neptune City, 1974:1-144): 1974:63
  
• Gosse, J.-P. 1984. Protopteridae (pp. 8-17), Polypteridae (pp. 18-29), Pantodontidae (pp. 59-60), Mormyridae (pp. 63-122), Gymnarchidae (pp. 123-124). In:
• Daget, J., Gosse, J.-P. & Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. (eds) 1984. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA. ORSTOM Paris, MARC Tervuren. 1: i-xviii + 1-410. Zitatseite : 1984:85
  Kramer, B., Skelton, P.H., van der Bank, F.H. & Wink, M. (2007): Allopatric differentiation in the Marcusenius macrolepidotus species complex in southern and eastern Africa: the resurrection of M. pongolensis and M. angolensis, and the description of two new species (Mormyridae, Teleostei). Journal of Natural History, 41 (9-12) : 647-708.: 2007/9-12:647
  Hanika S, Kramer B. (2008): Plasticity of electric organ discharge waveform in the South African Bulldog fish, Marcusenius pongolensis: tradeoff between male attractiveness and predator avoidance? Frontiers in Zoology 2008, 5:7: 2008/5:7