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Taxon: Species Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus, 1758 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Hasselquist, 1757 ex C. Linnaeus, 1758, pro syn.
Unavailable original name:  Hasselquist, 1757: 398. [rejected work (ICZN Opinion 57)].
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 327 ("Haſſelqv. iter 398. Mormyrus Caſchive.", syn. pro "Mormyrus." "anguilloides."). ≡
Validating publication:  Walbaum, 1792.

Attributes

Available name, first published as a junior synonym ([pro syn.]) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 11.6.1, 50.7 (<1961)] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 10 Oct 2025 ("Art. 11.6.1").

Synonyms

Accepted name (subjective): Mormyrus anguilloides Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 327. [new]
Synonymous name: Mormyrus longipinnis Rüppell, 1832 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Scrophicephalus longipinnis (Rüppell, 1832) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
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