Victoria stonebasher

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| taxon = Marcusenius victoriae

| authority = (Worthington, 1929)

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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.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/osteoglossiformes/ | title = Order OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES | access-date= 30 January 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

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