Victoria stonebasher

Victoria stonebasher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Marcusenius
Species:	M. victoriae
Binomial name
Marcusenius victoriae (Worthington, 1929)

The Victoria stonebasher (Marcusenius victoriae) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Etymology

The fish is named after Lake Victoria, where it is found. ^[2]

References

1. FishBase team RMCA.; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Marcusenius victoriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T60365A47185200. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60365A47185200.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.^{[ permanent dead link ]}