Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri

The Knoepffler's elephantfish (Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri) is a species of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae being the only member of its genus.[1] It occurs only in the Ivindo River and the Ntem River basins of Gabon and Cameroon. It reaches a maximum length of about 41 cm (16 in).[2]

Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri
adult above, juvenile below
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Boulengeromyrus

Taverne & Géry, 1968
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B. knoepffleri
Binomial name
Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri
Taverne & Géry, 1968

References

  1. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri" in FishBase. May 2018 version.


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