Heteromormyrus
| Heteromormyrus | |
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| Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Heteromormyrus Steindachner, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Mormyrus pauciradiatus Steindachner, 1866 | |
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Heteromormyrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Mormyridae, the elephantfishes. These fishes are found in southern and central Africa in Angola, Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, maybe, Zimbabwe.
Species
Heteromormyrus contains the following recognised species:
- Heteromormyrus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1905) (Slender stonebasher)
- Heteromormyrus longilateralis (B. Kramer & E. R. Swartz, 2010) (Cubnene river stonebasher)
- Heteromormyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger 1910) (Pappenheim's stonebasher)
- Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Steindachner, 1866) (Steindachner's Angolan mormyrid or Steindachner's mormyrid)
- Heteromormyrus szaboi (B. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2004)
- Heteromormyrus tavernei (Poll, 1972) (Upper Zambezi mormyrid)
References
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Mormyridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Heteromormyrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Heteromormyrus". FishBase. June 2024 version.
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