Biology:Zambezi parrotfish

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Short description: Species of ray-finned fish

Zambezi parrotfish
Cyphomyrus Myers, 1960 collected in Zambia by South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity.jpg
Cyphomyrus sp. collected in Lavushi Manda National Park, Zambia. Small 49mm specimen. Species unclear.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Cyphomyrus
Species:
C. discorhynchus
Binomial name
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus
(W. K. H. Peters, 1852)

The Zambezi parrotfish (Cyphomyrus discorhynchus) is an elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. It occurs in several river and lake systems across Central Africa and the northern half of Southern Africa. It grows to a length of 31 cm (12 in).[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Cyphomyrus discorhynchus" in FishBase. July 2021 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q58414 entry