Heteromormyrus

Heteromormyrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Mormyridae, the elephantfishes. These fishes are found in southern and central Africa in Angola, Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, maybe, Zimbabwe.

Species

Heteromormyrus contains the following recognised species:

• Heteromormyrus ansorgii <small>(Boulenger, 1905)</small> (Slender stonebasher)
• Heteromormyrus longilateralis <small>(B. Kramer & E. R. Swartz, 2010)</small> (Cubnene river stonebasher)
• Heteromormyrus pappenheimi <small>(Boulenger 1910)</small> (Pappenheim's stonebasher)
• Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus <small>(Steindachner, 1866)</small> (Steindachner's Angolan mormyrid or Steindachner's mormyrid)
• Heteromormyrus szaboi <small>(B. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2004)</small>
• Heteromormyrus tavernei <small>(Poll, 1972)</small> (Upper Zambezi mormyrid)

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