Marcusenius thomasi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Mormyridae |
Genus: | Marcusenius |
Species: | M. thomasi
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Binomial name | |
Marcusenius thomasi (Boulenger,1916)
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Marcusenius thomasi is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bassau, Liberia, and Sierre Leone. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by Mining and deforestation.[1]
The fish is named in honor of anthropologist Northcote W. Thomas (1868-1936), who collected the type specimen.[2]