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''Cyphomyrus'' is a genus of
ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
in the family
Mormyridae The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a family of weakly electric freshwater fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order with around 20 ...
, the freshwater elephantfishes.


Species

The following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus: * ''
Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki ''Cyphomyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes. Species The following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus: * '' Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki'' * '' Cyphomyrus cubangoensis'' * '' Cy ...
'' * ''
Cyphomyrus cubangoensis ''Cyphomyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes. Species The following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus: * ''Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki'' * '' Cyphomyrus cubangoensis'' * '' Cyp ...
'' * ''
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus The Zambezi parrotfish (''Cyphomyrus discorhynchus'') is an elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. It occurs in several river and lake systems across Central Africa and the northern half of Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost ...
'' (Zambezi parrotfish) * ''
Cyphomyrus grahami ''Cyphomyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes. Species The following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus: * ''Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki'' * ''Cyphomyrus cubangoensis'' * '' Cyph ...
'' (
Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...
1928)
(Graham's stonebasher) * ''
Cyphomyrus lufirae ''Cyphomyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a family of weakly electric freshwater fish in the order Osteoglossiformes nati ...
'' * ''
Cyphomyrus macrops ''Cyphomyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes. Species The following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus: * ''Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki'' * ''Cyphomyrus cubangoensis'' * '' Cyph ...
'' * ''
Cyphomyrus psittacus ''Cyphomyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes. Species The following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus: * ''Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki'' * '' Cyphomyrus cubangoensis'' * '' Cyp ...
'' * '' Cyphotamyrus weeksii'' ( oulenger, 1902) (Weeks' mormyrid) * ''Cyphomyrus wilverthi''


References

Mormyridae Ray-finned fish genera {{Osteoglossiformes-stub