Pollimyrus
| Pollimyrus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Subfamily: | Mormyrinae |
| Genus: | Pollimyrus Taverne, 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Mormyrus isidori Valenciennes, 1846 | |
Pollimyrus is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa.[1]
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Pollimyrus adspersus (Günther, 1866)
- Pollimyrus brevis (Boulenger, 1913)
- Pollimyrus castelnaui (Boulenger, 1911) (Dwarf stonebasher)
- Pollimyrus cuandoensis B. J. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2013[2]
- Pollimyrus guttatus (Fowler, 1936)
- Pollimyrus isidori (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Pollimyrus maculipinnis (Nichols & La Monte, 1934)
- Pollimyrus marchei (Sauvage, 1879)
- Pollimyrus marianne B. J. Kramer, van der Bank, Flint, Sauer-Gürth & Wink, 2003
- Pollimyrus nigricans ((Boulenger, 1906) (Dark stonebasher)
- Pollimyrus nigripinnis (Boulenger, 1899)
- Pollimyrus pedunculatus (L. R. David & Poll, 1937)
- Pollimyrus petherici (Boulenger, 1898)
- Pollimyrus petricolus (Daget, 1954)
- Pollimyrus plagiostoma (Boulenger, 1898)
- Pollimyrus pulverulentus (Boulenger, 1899)
- Pollimyrus schreyeni Poll, 1972
- Pollimyrus stappersii (Boulenger, 1915)
- Pollimyrus stappersii kapangae (L. R. David, 1935)
- Pollimyrus stappersii stappersii (Boulenger, 1915)
- Pollimyrus tumifrons (Boulenger, 1902)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Pollimyrus in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- 1 2 Kramer, B., van der Bank, H. & Wink, M. (2013): Marked differentiation in a new species of dwarf stonebasher, Pollimyrus cuandoensis sp. nov. (Mormyridae: Teleostei), from a contact zone with two sibling species of the Okavango and Zambezi rivers. Journal of Natural History, 48 (7-8) [2014]: 429-463.
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