Biology:Oxymormyrus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Oxymormyrus
Oxymormyrus boulengeri.jpg
Oxymormyrus boulengeri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus: Oxymormyrus
Bleeker, 1874

Oxymormyrus is a small genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. Its members reach about 25–27 cm (10–11 in) in length and are restricted to the Congo, Campo, Kouilou-Niari, Nyanga and Ogowe river basins in Middle Africa.

Taxonomy and species

Oxymormyrus zanclirostris

The validity of this genus is disputed. Catalog of Fishes only includes one species,[1] while a second (marked with a star* in the list) occasionally has been included.[2] Both these are placed in Mormyrops by FishBase.[3]

  • Oxymormyrus boulengeri (Pellegrin, 1900) (Alima River mormyrid)
  • Oxymormyrus zanclirostris* (Günther, 1867) (Pool elephantfish)

References

  1. "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. 12 May 2018. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. Retrieved 12 May 2018. 
  2. "Mormyridae". http://deeplyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Family-Mormyridae-PDF.pdf. Retrieved 18 May 2017. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Mormyrops in FishBase. May 2018 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3020903 entry