Paramormyrops

Paramormyrops
Paramormyrops kingsleyae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
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, J. P. Sullivan & Hopkins, 2017 (Doume elephantfish)
• Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Bima elephantfish)
• Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage 1879)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paramormyrops". FishBase. May 2018 version.
2. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.