Cyphomyrus

Cyphomyrus
Cyphomyrus psittacus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Cyphomyrus Myers, 1960
Type species
Mormyrus psittacus Boulenger, 1897

Cyphomyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes.

Species

The following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus:^[1]

• Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki (Poll, 1945)
• Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936)
• Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852) (Zambezi parrotfish)
• Cyphomyrus grahami (Norman 1928) (Graham's stonebasher)
• Cyphomyrus lufirae Mulelenu et al., 2020^[2]
• Cyphomyrus macrops (Boulenger, 1909)
• Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger, 1897)
• Cyphotamyrus weeksii ([Boulenger, 1902) (Weeks' mormyrid)
• Cyphomyrus wilverthi (Boulenger, 1898)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cyphomyrus". FishBase. July 2021 version.
2. Mukweze Mulelenu, C.; Katemo Manda, B.; Decru, E.; Chocha Manda, A.; Vreven, E. (2020). "The Cyphomyrus Myers 1960 (Osteoglossiformes: Mormyridae) of the Lufira basin (Upper Lualaba: DR Congo): A generic reassignment and the description of a new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 96 (5): 1123–1141. doi:10.1111/jfb.14237.