Mormyrus
Mormyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish.
Species
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:Mormyrus bernhardi Pellegrin, 1926 Mormyrus caballus Boulenger, 1898- * Mormyrus caballus asinus Boulenger, 1915
- * Mormyrus caballus bumbanus Boulenger, 1909
- * Mormyrus caballus caballus Boulenger, 1898
- * Mormyrus caballus lualabae Reizer, 1964Mormyrus casalis Vinciguerra, 1922 Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus, 1758 Mormyrus cyaneus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976 Mormyrus goheeni Fowler, 1919 Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1847 Mormyrus hildebrandti W. K. H. Peters 1882 Mormyrus iriodes T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976 Mormyrus kannume Forsskål, 1775 Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau, 1861 Mormyrus longirostris W. K. H. Peters, 1852 Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington, 1929 Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866 Mormyrus niloticus Mormyrus ovis Boulenger, 1898Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, 1847
- * Mormyrus rume proboscirostris Boulenger, 1898
- * Mormyrus rume rume Valenciennes 1847 Mormyrus subundulatus T. R. Roberts, 1989 Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim 1905Mormyrus tenuirostris W. K. H. Peters, 1882 Mormyrus thomasi Pellegrin, 1938