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Heteromormyrus

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.

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Heteromormyrus
Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Heteromormyrus
Steindachner, 1866
Type species
Mormyrus pauciradiatus
Steindachner, 18661
Species

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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.2

Species

Heteromormyrus contains the following recognised species:32

  • 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

References

  1. 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.
  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.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Heteromormyrus". FishBase. June 2024 version.