Paramormyrops

Paramormyrops
Paramormyrops kingsleyae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Subfamily:	Mormyrinae
Genus:	Paramormyrops Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
Type species
Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977

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

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, Sullivan & Hopkins 2017 (Doume elephantfish)
• Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Bima elephantfish)
• Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage 1879)
• Paramormyrops tavernei (Poll 1972) (Kipepe elephantfish)

References

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Osteoglossomorpha

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei
Actinopterygii see Actinopterygii Neopterygii see Neopterygii Teleostei see Teleostei Osteoglossomorpha see below↓ Osteoglossomorpha

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