Paramormyrops

Paramormyrops
Paramormyrops kingsleyae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus:
Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
Type species
Paramormyrops gabonensis
Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977

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

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, J. P. Sullivan & Hopkins, 2017 (Doume elephantfish)
  • Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Bima elephantfish)
  • Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage 1879)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paramormyrops". FishBase. May 2018 version.
  2. ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.


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