Cryptomyrus Ogoouensis
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''Cryptomyrus'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
mormyrid The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a superfamily of Electric fish, weakly electric fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order, with ...
fish native to
Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...
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Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Cryptomyrus ogoouensis'' J. P. Sullivan, Lavoué & C. D. Hopkins, 2016 (Ogooue elephantfish) * '' Cryptomyrus ona'' Sullivan, Lavoué & Hopkins, 2016 (Nyanga elephantfish)


References

Mormyridae * Ray-finned fish genera {{Osteoglossiformes-stub