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Stomatorhinus

Stomatorhinus is a genus of small elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.

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Stomatorhinus
Stomatorhinus walkeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Stomatorhinus
Boulenger, 1898
Type species
Mormyrus walkeri
Günther, 18671

Stomatorhinus is a genus of small elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:23

  • Stomatorhinus ater Pellegrin, 1924 (Kidada mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus corneti Boulenger, 1899 (Stanley Pool mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus fuliginosus Poll, 1941 (Mosongolia mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus humilior Boulenger, 1899 (Ibali mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus ivindoensis Sullivan & Hopkins, 2005 (Biale Creek mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus kununguensis Poll, 1945 (Kunungu mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus microps Boulenger, 1898 (Boma mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus patrizii Vinciguerra, 1928 (Buta mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus polli Matthes, 1964 (Ikela mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus polylepis Boulenger, 1899 (Isangila mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus puncticulatus Boulenger, 1899 (Chiloango mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus schoutedeni ,Poll, 1945 (Schouteden's mormyrid)
  • Stomatorhinus walkeri (Günther, 1867) (Walker 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. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Stomatorhinus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
  3. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.