''Mormyrus'' is a genus of

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in the family

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. They are weakly electric, enabling them to

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, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish.

Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Mormyrus bernhardi Bernhard's elephant-snout fish (''Mormyrus bernhardi'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is endemic to Athi-Galana-Sabaki River, Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Afric ...

'' Pellegrin, 1926 (Bernhard's elephant-snout fish) * ''

Mormyrus caballus ''Mormyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish. Species There are currently 22 recognized species ...

'' Boulenger, 1898 ** ''Mormyrus caballus asinus'' Boulenger, 1915 ** ''Mormyrus caballus bumbanus'' Boulenger, 1909 ** ''Mormyrus caballus caballus'' Boulenger, 1898 ** ''Mormyrus caballus lualabae'' Reizer, 1964 * ''

Mormyrus casalis ''Mormyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish. Species There are currently 22 recognized species ...

'' Vinciguerra, 1922 (Somali mormyrid) * ''

Mormyrus caschive ''Mormyrus caschive'', also known as the eastern bottlenose or elephant snout, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Mormyridae. This species inhabits the Nile basin, including the main river and various tributaries and lakes ac ...

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, 1758 (Eastern bottlenose elephant snout) * ''

Mormyrus cyaneus ''Mormyrus cyaneus'' is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae. It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and can reach a size of approximately .Roberts, T.R.; Stewart, D.J. (1976). An ecological and systematic survey of f ...

'' T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976 (Lower Congo River mormyrid) * ''

Mormyrus goheeni ''Mormyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are Weakly electric fish, weakly electric, enabling them to Animal navigation, navigate, to electrolocation, find their prey, and to electrocommunication, communicate with ...

'' Fowler, 1919 (Liberian mormyrid) * ''

Mormyrus hasselquistii ''Mormyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish. Species There are currently 22 recognized species ...

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, 1847 (Elephant snout) * ''

Mormyrus hildebrandti ''Mormyrus hildebrandti'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is endemic to Kenya. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat ...

'' W. K. H. Peters 1882 (Hildebrandt's elephant-snout fish) * ''

Mormyrus iriodes ''Mormyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish. Species There are currently 22 recognized species ...

'' T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976 (Inga mormyrid) * ''

Mormyrus kannume ''Mormyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish. Species There are currently 22 recognized species ...

'' Forsskål, 1775 (Elephant-snout fish) * ''

Mormyrus lacerda ''Mormyrus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish. Species There are currently 22 recognized species ...

'' Castelnau, 1861 (Western bottlenose mormyrid) * '' Mormyrus longirostris'' W. K. H. Peters, 1852 (Eastern bottlenose mormyrid) * '' Mormyrus macrocephalus'' Worthington, 1929 (largehead mormyrid) * '' Mormyrus macrophthalmus'' Günther, 1866 (Niger mormyrid) * '' Mormyrus niloticus'' (

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& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Egyptian trunkfish) * '' Mormyrus ovis'' Boulenger, 1898 * '' Mormyrus rume'' Valenciennes, 1847 (Senegal mormyrid) ** ''Mormyrus rume proboscirostris'' Boulenger, 1898 ** ''Mormyrus rume rume'' Valenciennes 1847 * '' Mormyrus subundulatus'' T. R. Roberts, 1989 (Bandama mormyrid) * '' Mormyrus tapirus''

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1905 * '' Mormyrus tenuirostris'' W. K. H. Peters, 1882 (Athi elephant-snout fish) * '' Mormyrus thomasi'' Pellegrin, 1938 (French Congo mormyrid)

In culture

References

Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Ray-finned fish genera Weakly electric fish {{Osteoglossiformes-stub