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Paramormyrops

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

Paramormyrops
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Paramormyrops is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae from Africa.

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Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger 1906) (Kribi mormyrid)
  • Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977) (Ivindo mormyrid)
  • Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977 (Makokou mormyrid)
  • Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985) (Ivindo electric fish)
  • Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll, 1967) (Ghost stonebasher)
  • Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther, 1896) (Old Calabar mormyrid)
  • Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977) (longtailed mormyrid)
  • Paramormyrops ntotom Rich, J. P. Sullivan & Hopkins, 2017 (Doume elephantfish)
  • Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Bima elephantfish)
  • Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage 1879)
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