Campylomormyrus
Campylomormyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.[1]
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| Genus: | Campylomormyrus Bleeker, 1874 |
Species
Several Campylomormyrus species and their electric organ discharges
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Campylomormyrus alces (Boulenger 1920) (Stanley Falls elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus bredoi (Poll 1945) (Mweru elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus cassaicus (Poll 1967) (donkey-faced elephant nose)
- Campylomormyrus christyi (Boulenger 1920) (Christy's elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus compressirostris (Pellegrin 1924)[3]
- Campylomormyrus curvirostris (Boulenger 1898) (Matadi elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger 1898) (elephant-trunk mormyrid)
- Campylomormyrus luapulaensis (L. R. David & Poll 1937) (Kabunda elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus mirus (Boulenger 1898) (Upoto elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus numenius (Boulenger 1898) (Upoto elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus orycteropus Poll, J. P. Gosse & Orts 1982 (Pweto elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus phantasticus (Pellegrin 1927) (fantastic elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus (Boulenger 1898) (double-trunk elephant nose)
- Campylomormyrus tamandua (Günther 1864) (Worm-jawed elephantfish)
- Campylomormyrus tshokwe (Poll 1967) (Dundo elephantfish)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Campylomormyrus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- Lamanna, F., Kirschbaum, F., Ernst, A.R.R., Feulner, P.G.D., Mamonekene, V., Paul, C. & Tiedemann, R. (2016). "Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships in a genus of African weakly-electric fishes (Osteoglossiformes, Mormyridae, Campylomormyrus)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 101: 8–18. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.035.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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