Biology:Cyphomyrus

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Short description: Genus of ray-finned fishes

Cyphomyrus
Cyphomyrus psittacus.jpg
Cyphomyrus psittacus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus: Cyphomyrus
Pappenheim, 1906

Cyphomyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes.

Species

The following 7 species are currently assigned to this genus:[1]

  • Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki (Poll, 1945)
  • Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936)
  • Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852) (Zambezi parrotfish)
  • Cyphomyrus lufirae Mulelenu et al., 2020[2]
  • Cyphomyrus macrops (Boulenger, 1909)
  • Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger, 1897)
  • Cyphomyrus wilverthi (Boulenger, 1898)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Cyphomyrus in FishBase. July 2021 version.
  2. Mukweze Mulelenu, C.; Katemo Manda, B.; Decru, E.; Chocha Manda, A.; Vreven, E. (2020). "The Cyphomyrus Myers 1960 (Osteoglossiformes: Mormyridae) of the Lufira basin (Upper Lualaba: DR Congo): A generic reassignment and the description of a new species". Journal of Fish Biology 96 (5): 1123–1141. doi:10.1111/jfb.14237. 

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