Zambezi parrotfish
| Zambezi Parrotfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Subfamily: | Mormyrinae |
| Genus: | Cyphomyrus Pappenheim, 1906 |
| Species: | C. discorhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (W. K. H. Peters, 1852) | |
The Zambezi Parrotfish (Cyphomyrus discorhynchus) is an elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. It is currently the only member of its genus. It occurs in several river and lake systems across Central Africa and the northern half of Southern Africa. It grows to a length of 31 cm (12 in).[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Cyphomyrus discorhynchus" in FishBase. June 2017 version.
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