Paramormyrops

Paramormyrops is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae from Africa.

Paramormyrops
Paramormyrops kingsleyae
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Paramormyrops

Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde& Heymer, 1977
Type species
Paramormyrops gabonensis
Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger 1906) (Kribi mormyrid)
  • Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 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 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, Sullivan & Hopkins 2017 (Doume elephantfish)
  • Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Bima elephantfish)
  • Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage 1879)
  • Paramormyrops tavernei (Poll 1972) (Kipepe elephantfish)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Paramormyrops in FishBase. May 2018 version.
  2. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.


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