Paramormyrops
| Paramormyrops | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Subfamily: | Mormyrinae |
| Genus: | Paramormyrops Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde& Heymer, 1977 |
| Type species | |
| Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977 | |
Paramormyrops is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae from Africa.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger, 1906)
- Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977)
- Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
- Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985)
- Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll, 1967) (Ghost stonebasher)
- Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)
- Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977)
- Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Paramormyrops in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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