Mormyrus

Mormyrus is a genus of fish in the family Mormyridae.

Mormyrus
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Mormyrus

Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms
  • Mormyrodes Gill 1862
  • Mormyrus (Scrophicephalus) Swainson 1838
  • Scrophicephalus (Swainson 1838)
  • Solenomormyrus Bleeker 1874

Species

Mormyrus caballus (above), Mormyrus rume (below)
Mormyrus hasselquistii (above), Mormyrus niloticus (below)

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Mormyrus in FishBase. June 2017 version.


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