Biology:Isichthys
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Isischthys is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Mormyridae, the elephantfishes. The only species in the genus is Isichthys henryi.[1] It occurs in coastal river basins in West Africa, ranging as far southeast as the Kouilou-Niari River in Middle Africa.[2] It reaches a length of about 29 cm (11 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Joseph Henry (1797–1878), first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.[3]
References
- ↑ "Mormyridae". http://deeplyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Family-Mormyridae-PDF.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Isichthys henryi" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
- ↑ "Family MORMYRIDAE Bonaparte 1831 (Elephantfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/mormyridae/.
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