Mormyrus


Mormyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish.

Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:
  • Mormyrus bernhardi Pellegrin, 1926
  • Mormyrus caballus Boulenger, 1898
  • * Mormyrus caballus asinus Boulenger, 1915
  • * Mormyrus caballus bumbanus Boulenger, 1909
  • * Mormyrus caballus caballus Boulenger, 1898
  • * Mormyrus caballus lualabae Reizer, 1964
  • Mormyrus casalis Vinciguerra, 1922
  • Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus, 1758
  • Mormyrus cyaneus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
  • Mormyrus goheeni Fowler, 1919
  • Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1847
  • Mormyrus hildebrandti W. K. H. Peters 1882
  • Mormyrus iriodes T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
  • Mormyrus kannume Forsskål, 1775
  • Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau, 1861
  • Mormyrus longirostris W. K. H. Peters, 1852
  • Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington, 1929
  • Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866
  • Mormyrus niloticus
  • Mormyrus ovis Boulenger, 1898
  • Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, 1847
  • * Mormyrus rume proboscirostris Boulenger, 1898
  • * Mormyrus rume rume Valenciennes 1847
  • Mormyrus subundulatus T. R. Roberts, 1989
  • Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim 1905
  • Mormyrus tenuirostris W. K. H. Peters, 1882
  • Mormyrus thomasi Pellegrin, 1938

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