Biology:Paramormyrops
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Short description: Genus of ray-finned fishes
Paramormyrops | |
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Paramormyrops kingsleyae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Mormyridae |
Subfamily: | Mormyrinae |
Genus: | Paramormyrops Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977 |
Type species | |
Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
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Paramormyrops is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae from Africa.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger 1906) (Kribi mormyrid)
- Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977) (Ivindo mormyrid)
- Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer 1977 (Makokou mormyrid)
- Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde 1985) (Ivindo electric fish)
- Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll 1967) (Ghost stonebasher)
- Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther 1896) (Old Calabar mormyrid)
- Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry 1977) (longtailed mormyrid)
- Paramormyrops ntotom Rich, Sullivan & Hopkins 2017 (Doume elephantfish)
- Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Bima elephantfish)
- Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage 1879)
- Paramormyrops tavernei (Poll 1972) (Kipepe elephantfish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Paramormyrops in FishBase. May 2018 version.
- ↑ "Mormyridae". http://deeplyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Family-Mormyridae-PDF.pdf. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q61057 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramormyrops.
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