Oxymormyrus
Genus of fishes
Oxymormyrus | |
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Oxymormyrus boulengeri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Mormyrus_zanclirostris.jpg/220px-Mormyrus_zanclirostris.jpg)
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
- ^ Eschmeyer, W.N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan (12 May 2018). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mormyrops". FishBase. May 2018 version.
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