Campylomormyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.[1]
| Campylomormyrus | |
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| Campylomormyrus elephas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Campylomormyrus Bleeker, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Mormyrus tamandua Günther, 1864
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Species
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There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:.[1][2][3]
- 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)[4]
- 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)
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Campylomormyrus". FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ POLL, Max, GOSSE, Jean-Pierre & ORTS, Stéphane (1982). Le genre Campylomormyrus Bleeker, 1874. Étude systématique et description d'une espèce nouvelle (Pisces, Mormyridae). - Bull. Inst. roy. Sci. nat. Belg., 54, Biol. (5): 34 pp., 2 fig., 13 pl
- ^ Lamanna F, Kirschbaum F, Ernst AR, Feulner PG, 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. PMID 27143239.
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