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Heteromormyrus

Genus of ray-finned fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Heteromormyrus
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Heteromormyrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Mormyridae, the elephantfishes. These fishes are found in southern and central Africa in Angola, Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, maybe, Zimbabwe.[2]

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Species

Heteromormyrus contains the following recognised species:[3][2]

  • Heteromormyrus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1905) (Slender stonebasher)
  • Heteromormyrus longilateralis (B. Kramer & E. R. Swartz, 2010) (Cubnene river stonebasher)
  • Heteromormyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger 1910) (Pappenheim's stonebasher)
  • Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Steindachner, 1866) (Steindachner's Angolan mormyrid or Steindachner's mormyrid)
  • Heteromormyrus szaboi (B. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2004)
  • Heteromormyrus tavernei (Poll, 1972) (Upper Zambezi mormyrid)
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