Mormyridae
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Mormyridae
Genera (21):
Boulengeromyrus – Brienomyrus – Campylomormyrus – Cryptomyrus – Cyphomyrus – Genyomyrus – Gnathonemus – Heteromormyrus – Hippopotamyrus – Hyperopisus – Isichthys – Ivindomyrus – Marcusenius – Mormyrops – Mormyrus – Myomyrus – Oxymormyrus – Paramormyrops – Petrocephalus – Pollimyrus – Stomatorhinus
Name
[edit]Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1832
References
[edit]- Sullivan, J.P., Hopkins, C.D., Pirro, S., Peterson, R., Chakona, A., Mutizwa, T.I., Mulelenu, C.M., Alqahtani, F.H., Vreven, E. & Dillman, C.B. 2022. Mitogenome recovered from a 19th Century holotype by shotgun sequencing supplies a generic name for an orphaned clade of African weakly electric fishes (Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae). Zookeys 1129ː 163–196. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1129.90287
Reference page. - Sullivan, J.P., Lavoue, S. & Hopkins, C.D. 2016. Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa. ZooKeys 561: 117–150. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.561.7137 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Mormyridae and its species in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024. - Genera of Mormyridae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Vernacular names
[edit]- Deutsch: Elefantenfische
- English: Freshwater elephantfish
- magyar: Csőrösszájúhal-félék
- lietuvių: Straubliuotinės
- Nederlands: Tapirvissen
- norsk: Elefantfisker
- polski: Mrukowate
- русский: Мормир
- ไทย: ปลางวงช้าง
- 中文: 象鼻魚科
