''Mormyrus'' is a genus of
ray-finned fish
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in the family
Mormyridae
The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a superfamily of weakly electric fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order, with around 200 sp ...
. They are
weakly electric, enabling them to
navigate
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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''
Pellegrin, 1926 (Bernhard's elephant-snout fish)
* ''
Mormyrus caballus''
Boulenger, 1898
** ''Mormyrus caballus asinus''
Boulenger, 1915
** ''Mormyrus caballus bumbanus''
Boulenger, 1909
** ''Mormyrus caballus caballus''
Boulenger, 1898
** ''Mormyrus caballus lualabae''
Reizer, 1964
* ''
Mormyrus casalis''
Vinciguerra, 1922 (Somali mormyrid)
* ''
Mormyrus caschive''
Linnaeus
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, 1758 (Eastern bottlenose elephant snout)
* ''
Mormyrus cyaneus''
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''
Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1847 (Elephant snout)
* ''
Mormyrus hildebrandti''
W. K. H. Peters 1882 (Hildebrandt's elephant-snout fish)
* ''
Mormyrus iriodes''
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''
(Bloch
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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''
Pappenheim
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History
Historically, Pappenheim was a statelet within the Holy Roman Empire. It was ...
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
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