Biology:Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri
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Short description: Species of fish
| Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri | |
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| adult above, juvenile below | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Subfamily: | Mormyrinae |
| Genus: | Boulengeromyrus Taverne & Géry, 1968 |
| Species: | B. knoepffleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri Taverne & Géry, 1968
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The Knoepffler's elephantfish (Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri) is a species of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae being the only member of its genus.[1] It occurs only in the Ivindo River and the Ntem River basins of Gabon and Cameroon. It reaches a maximum length of about 41 cm (16 in).[2]
References
- ↑ "Mormyridae". http://deeplyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Family-Mormyridae-PDF.pdf. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri" in FishBase. May 2018 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q4115102 entry
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