anguilloides, Mormyrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:327 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Nile River. Holotype (unique): NRM 63. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:209-210 [ref. 20707]. •Valid as Mormyrus anguilloides Linnaeus 1758 -- (Bigirimana et al. 2024:32 [ref. 41336]). •Valid as Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Gosse 1984:91 [ref. 6169], Bigorne 1987:146 [ref. 20556], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:157 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367], Skelton 1993:94 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:94 [ref. 27406], De Vos et al. 2001:131 [ref. 26059], Seegers et al. 2003:29 [ref. 28087], Dankwa et al. 1999:16 [ref. 28023], Snoeks 2004:20 [ref. 28111], Hopkins et al. 2007:257 [ref. 30019], Kramer & van der Bank 2011:2670 [ref. 31546], Marshall 2011:40 [ref. 31755], Kramer 2013:5 [ref. 32882], Neumann et al. 2016:303 [ref. 35036], Skelton 2019:230 [ref. 36564], Munene et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1686 [ref. 39000], Akoth et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40069]). Current status: Valid as Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758). Mormyridae. Distribution: Africa: widespread. Habitat: freshwater.