Campylomormyrus

Campylomormyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.[1]

Campylomormyrus
Campylomormyrus elephas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Osteoglossiformes
Family:
Mormyridae
Subfamily:
Mormyrinae
Genus:
Campylomormyrus

Bleeker, 1874

Species
Several Campylomormyrus species and their electric organ discharges

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Campylomormyrus alces (Boulenger 1920) (Stanley Falls elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus bredoi (Poll 1945) (Mweru elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus cassaicus (Poll 1967) (donkey-faced elephant nose)
  • Campylomormyrus christyi (Boulenger 1920) (Christy's elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus compressirostris (Pellegrin 1924)[3]
  • Campylomormyrus curvirostris (Boulenger 1898) (Matadi elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger 1898) (elephant-trunk mormyrid)
  • Campylomormyrus luapulaensis (L. R. David & Poll 1937) (Kabunda elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus mirus (Boulenger 1898) (Upoto elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus numenius (Boulenger 1898) (Upoto elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus orycteropus Poll, J. P. Gosse & Orts 1982 (Pweto elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus phantasticus (Pellegrin 1927) (fantastic elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus (Boulenger 1898) (double-trunk elephant nose)
  • Campylomormyrus tamandua (Günther 1864) (Worm-jawed elephantfish)
  • Campylomormyrus tshokwe (Poll 1967) (Dundo elephantfish)
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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Campylomormyrus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. Lamanna, F., Kirschbaum, F., Ernst, A.R.R., Feulner, P.G.D., Mamonekene, V., Paul, C. & Tiedemann, R. (2016). "Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships in a genus of African weakly-electric fishes (Osteoglossiformes, Mormyridae, Campylomormyrus)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 101: 8–18. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.035.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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