Gnathonemus

Gnathonemus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Mormyridae, the elephantfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in subsaharan Africa.

Gnathonemus
Gnathonemus petersii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Gnathonemus T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Mormyrus petersii Günther, 1862[1]
Species
see text

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:^[2][3]

• Gnathonemus barbatus Poll 1967 (Angolan mormyrid)
• Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus Pellegrin 1924 (Blunt-jawed elephantnose)
• Gnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf 1888) (Longnose stonebasher)
• Gnathonemus petersii (Günther 1862) (Peters's elephantnose fish)