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''Pollimyrus'' is a genus of elephantfishes native to
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Species

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Pollimyrus adspersus ''Pollimyrus'' is a genus of Mormyridae, elephantfishes native to Africa. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''Pollimyrus adspersus'' (Albert Günther, Günther, 1866) * ''Pollimyrus brevis'' (George Albert Bou ...
'' ( Günther, 1866) * '' Pollimyrus brevis'' ( Boulenger, 1913) * ''
Pollimyrus castelnaui The dwarf stonebasher (''Pollimyrus castelnaui'') is a small and weakly electric elephantfish attaining an average length of 2 centimetres. This species inhabits landlocked freshwater habitats spread across Angola, Namibia, and Botswana B ...
'' (Boulenger, 1911) * '' Pollimyrus cuandoensis'' B. J. Kramer, van der Bank &
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Kramer, B., van der Bank, H. & Wink, M. (2013): Marked differentiation in a new species of dwarf stonebasher, ''Pollimyrus cuandoensis'' sp. nov. (Mormyridae: Teleostei), from a contact zone with two sibling species of the Okavango and Zambezi rivers. ''Journal of Natural History, 48 (7-8)
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* '' Pollimyrus eburneensis'' Bigorne, 1991 * '' Pollimyrus guttatus'' ( Fowler, 1936) * '' Pollimyrus ibalazambai'' Katrien Dierickx, Soleil Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Roger Bills and Emmanuel Vreven. 2024Katrien Dierickx, Soleil Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Roger Bills and Emmanuel Vreven. 2024. Morphometric Synthesis of Pollimyrus (Teleostei, Mormyridae) with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Fish Biology. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15983 * ''
Pollimyrus isidori ''Pollimyrus isidori'' is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the rivers of Gambia, Bénoué, Senegal, Niger, Volta, Chad, Nile and the coastal banks of several rivers in the Ivory Coast; it can reach a size of approxi ...
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** ''Pollimyrus isidori fasciaticeps'' (Boulenger, 1920) ** ''Pollimyrus isidori isidori'' (Valenciennes, 1847) ** ''Pollimyrus isidori osborni'' ( Nichols & Griscom 1917) * ''
Pollimyrus krameri ''Pollimyrus'' is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''Pollimyrus adspersus'' ( Günther, 1866) * '' Pollimyrus brevis'' ( Boulenger, 1913) * ''Pollimyrus castelnaui ...
'' Katrien Dierickx, Soleil Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Roger Bills and Emmanuel Vreven. 2024 * ''
Pollimyrus macroterops ''Pollimyrus'' is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''Pollimyrus adspersus'' ( Günther, 1866) * '' Pollimyrus brevis'' ( Boulenger, 1913) * ''Pollimyrus castelnaui ...
'' (Boulenger, 1920) * ''
Pollimyrus maculipinnis ''Pollimyrus'' is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''Pollimyrus adspersus'' ( Günther, 1866) * '' Pollimyrus brevis'' ( Boulenger, 1913) * ''Pollimyrus castelnaui ...
'' (Nichols & La Monte 1934) * ''
Pollimyrus marianne ''Pollimyrus'' is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''Pollimyrus adspersus'' ( Günther, 1866) * '' Pollimyrus brevis'' ( Boulenger, 1913) * ''Pollimyrus castelnaui ...
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Pollimyrus nigricans The dark stonebasher (''Pollimyrus nigricans'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. Location It is found in Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. In Africa, they can be found at Lake Victoria, Nabugabo and Kyoga; the Kiruni ...
'' (, Boulenger, 1906) * ''
Pollimyrus nigripinnis ''Pollimyrus'' is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''Pollimyrus adspersus'' ( Günther, 1866) * '' Pollimyrus brevis'' ( Boulenger, 1913) * ''Pollimyrus castelnaui ...
'' (Boulenger, 1899) * ''
Pollimyrus pedunculatus ''Pollimyrus'' is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''Pollimyrus adspersus'' ( Günther, 1866) * '' Pollimyrus brevis'' ( Boulenger, 1913) * ''Pollimyrus castelnaui ...
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* '' Pollimyrus petherici'' (Boulenger, 1898) * '' Pollimyrus petricolus'' ( Daget 1954) * '' Pollimyrus plagiostoma'' (Boulenger, 1898) * '' Pollimyrus pulverulentus'' (Boulenger, 1899) * '' Pollimyrus schreyeni'' Poll, 1972 * '' Pollimyrus stappersii'' (Boulenger, 1915) ** ''Pollimyrus stappersii kapangae'' (L. R. David, 1935) ** ''Pollimyrus stappersii stappersii'' (Boulenger, 1915) * '' Pollimyrus tumifrons'' (Boulenger, 1902) * '' Pollimyrus vanneeri'' Katrien Dierickx, Soleil Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Roger Bills and Emmanuel Vreven. 2024 * '' Pollimyrus weyli'' Katrien Dierickx, Soleil Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Roger Bills and Emmanuel Vreven. 2024


References

Mormyridae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Ray-finned fish genera {{Osteoglossiformes-stub