Oxymormyrus
| Oxymormyrus | |
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| Oxymormyrus boulengeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Subfamily: | Mormyrinae |
| Genus: | Oxymormyrus Bleeker, 1874 |
Oxymormyrus is a small genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. Its members reach about 25–27 cm (10–11 in) in length and are restricted to the Congo, Campo, Kouilou-Niari, Nyanga and Ogowe river basins in Middle Africa.
Taxonomy and species
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The validity of this genus is disputed. Catalog of Fishes only includes one species,[1] while a second (marked with a star* in the list) occasionally has been included.[2] Both these are placed in Mormyrops by FishBase.[3]
- Oxymormyrus boulengeri (Pellegrin, 1900) (Alima River mormyrid)
- Oxymormyrus zanclirostris* (Günther, 1867) (Pool elephantfish)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, W.N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan (12 May 2018). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mormyrops". FishBase. May 2018 version.
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