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]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Pollimyrus in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  2. 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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