Mormyrus
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Mormyrus is a genus of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 in the Mormyridae
Mormyridae
The family Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" , are freshwater fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order with around 200 species. Members of the family are popular, if challenging, aquarium species...

 family.

Species

  • Mormyrus bernhardi Pellegrin
    Jacques Pellegrin
    Jacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...

    , 1926
    (Bernhard's elephant-snout fish)
  • Mormyrus caballus Boulenger
    George Albert Boulenger
    George Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...

    , 1898
    • Mormyrus caballus asinus Boulenger
      George Albert Boulenger
      George Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...

      , 1915
    • Mormyrus caballus bumbanus Boulenger
      George Albert Boulenger
      George Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...

      , 1909
    • Mormyrus caballus caballus Boulenger, 1898
    • Mormyrus caballus lualabae Reizer, 1964
  • Mormyrus casalis Vinciguerra, 1922
  • Mormyrus caschive
    Mormyrus caschive
    Mormyrus caschive is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family. It is endemic to Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.-References:* Twongo, T.K. 2005. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....

    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Mormyrus cyaneus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
  • Mormyrus felixi Pellegrin
    Jacques Pellegrin
    Jacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...

    , 1939
  • Mormyrus goheeni Fowler
    Henry Weed Fowler
    Henry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...

    , 1919
  • Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes
    Achille Valenciennes
    Achille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...

    , 1847
    (Elephant snout)
  • Mormyrus hildebrandti
    Mormyrus hildebrandti
    Mormyrus hildebrandti is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family. It is endemic to Kenya. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Vreven, E. 2005. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....

    W. K. H. Peters
    Wilhelm Peters
    Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...

    , 1882
    (Hildebrandt's elephant-snout fish)
  • Mormyrus iriodes T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
  • Mormyrus kannume Forsskål
    Peter Forsskål
    Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl, was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Early life:...

    , 1775
    (Elephant-snout fish)
  • Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau, 1861 (Western bottlenose mormyrid)
  • Mormyrus longirostris W. K. H. Peters
    Wilhelm Peters
    Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...

    , 1852
    (Eastern bottlenose mormyrid)
  • Mormyrus macrocephalus
    Mormyrus macrocephalus
    Mormyrus macrocephalus is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family. It is endemic to Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.-References:* Twongo, T.K. 2005. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....

    Worthington, 1929
  • Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866
  • Mormyrus niloticus (Bloch
    Marcus Elieser Bloch
    Marcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...

     & J. G. Schneider
    Johann Gottlob Schneider
    Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider was a German classicist and naturalist.-Biography:Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony...

    , 1801)
  • Mormyrus ovis Boulenger
    George Albert Boulenger
    George Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...

    , 1898
  • Mormyrus rume Valenciennes
    Achille Valenciennes
    Achille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...

    , 1847
    • Mormyrus rume proboscirostris Boulenger
      George Albert Boulenger
      George Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...

      , 1898
    • Mormyrus rume rume Valenciennes, 1847
  • Mormyrus subundulatus T. R. Roberts, 1989
  • Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim, 1905
  • Mormyrus tenuirostris W. K. H. Peters
    Wilhelm Peters
    Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...

    , 1882
    (Athi elephant-snout fish)
  • Mormyrus thomasi Pellegrin
    Jacques Pellegrin
    Jacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...

    , 1938
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