Mormyridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

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

Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1832

References

Template:Bonaparte, 1832

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

Mormyridae and its species in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. 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.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

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