Paramormyrops is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae from Africa.
| Paramormyrops | |
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| Paramormyrops kingsleyae | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paramormyrops". FishBase. May 2018 version.
- ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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