''Paramormyrops'' is a genus of elephantfish 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 ...
from Africa.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Paramormyrops batesii''
( Boulenger 1906) (Kribi mormyrid)
* ''
Paramormyrops curvifrons''
( Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry
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*Communes of the Meuse department
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, 1977) (Ivindo mormyrid)
* ''
Paramormyrops gabonensis''
Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977 (Makokou mormyrid)
* ''
Paramormyrops hopkinsi''
(Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985) (Ivindo electric fish)
* ''
Paramormyrops jacksoni''
(Poll
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, 1967) (Ghost stonebasher)
* ''
Paramormyrops kingsleyae''
( Günther, 1896) (Old Calabar mormyrid)
* ''
Paramormyrops longicaudatus''
(Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977) (longtailed mormyrid)
* ''
Paramormyrops ntotom''
Rich
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, J. P. Sullivan & Hopkins
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, 2017 (Doume elephantfish)
* ''
Paramormyrops retrodorsalis''
( Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Bima elephantfish)
* ''
Paramormyrops sphekodes''
( Sauvage 1879)
References
Weakly electric fish
Mormyridae
Ray-finned fish genera
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