Mormyrops is a genus of weakly electric fish in the family Mormyridae from freshwater in Africa. They are characterized by an elongate head measuring twice as long as high, and no teeth on the palate or the tongue. The genus includes the largest member of the mormyrid family, the cornish jack (Mormyrops anguilloides) at up to in length.
Taxonomy and species
According to FishBase, there are currently 21 recognized species in this genus.
- Mormyrops anguilloides <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Cornish jack)
- Mormyrops attenuatus <small>Boulenger, 1898</small> (Upoto mormyrid)
- Mormyrops batesianus <small>Boulenger, 1909</small> (Bumba mormyrid)
- Mormyrops breviceps <small>Steindachner, 1894</small> (Liberian elephantfish)
- Mormyrops caballus <small>Pellegrin, 1927</small> (Sanaga mormyrid)
- Mormyrops citernii <small>Vinciguerra, 1912</small> (Genale mormyrid)
- Mormyrops curtus <small>Boulenger, 1899</small> (Boma mormyrid)
- Mormyrops curviceps <small>Román, 1966</small> (Bougouriba mormyrid)
- Mormyrops engystoma <small>Boulenger, 1898</small> (Matadi mormyrid)
- Mormyrops furcidens <small>Pellegrin, 1900</small> (Alima mormyrid)
- Mormyrops intermedius <small>Vinciguerra, 1928</small> (Rubi mormyrid)
- Mormyrops lineolatus <small>Boulenger, 1898</small>
- Mormyrops mariae <small>(Schilthuis, 1891)</small> (Kinshasa mormyrid)
- Mormyrops masuianus <small>Boulenger, 1898</small>
- Mormyrops microstoma <small>Boulenger, 1898</small> (New Antwerp mormyrid)
- Mormyrops nigricans <small>Boulenger, 1899</small> (Kutu mormyrid)
- Mormyrops oudoti <small>Daget 1954</small> (Bamako mormyrid)
- Mormyrops parvus <small>Boulenger, 1899</small> (parvus mormyrid)
- Mormyrops sirenoides <small>Boulenger, 1898</small> (sirenoides mormyrid)
- Mormyrops zanclirostris <small>(Günther, 1867)</small>
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