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Campylomormyrus

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Campylomormyrus
Campylomormyrus elephas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus: Campylomormyrus
Bleeker, 1874

Campylomormyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.[1]

Species

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Several Campylomormyrus species and their electric organ discharges

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Campylomormyrus". FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ POLL, Max, GOSSE, Jean-Pierre & ORTS, Stéphane (1982). Le genre Campylomormyrus Bleeker, 1874. Étude systématique et description d'une espèce nouvelle (Pisces, Mormyridae). - Bull. Inst. roy. Sci. nat. Belg., 54, Biol. (5): 34 pp., 2 fig., 13 pl
  4. ^ Lamanna F, Kirschbaum F, Ernst AR, Feulner PG, Mamonekene V, Paul C, Tiedemann R (2016). "Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships in a genus of African weakly-electric fishes (Osteoglossiformes, Mormyridae, Campylomormyrus)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 101: 8–18. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.035. PMID 27143239.