''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 cubangoensis''
* ''
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus'' (Zambezi parrotfish)
* ''
Cyphomyrus grahami''
( Norman 1928) (Graham's stonebasher)
* ''
Cyphomyrus lufirae''
* ''
Cyphomyrus macrops''
* ''
Cyphomyrus psittacus''
* ''
Cyphotamyrus weeksii''
( oulenger, 1902) (Weeks' mormyrid)
* ''Cyphomyrus wilverthi''
References
Mormyridae
Ray-finned fish genera
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