Paramormyrops

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Family Mormyridae Phylum Chordata Order Osteoglossiformes		Class Actinopterygii Subfamily Mormyrinae Rank Genus
Similar Hippopotamyrus, Mormyrinae, Brienomyrus, Pollimyrus, Petrocephalus

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

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:

Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger, 1906)

Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977)

Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977

Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985)

Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll, 1967) (Ghost stonebasher)

Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)

Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977)

Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879)

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