Heteromormyrus

Heteromormyrus
Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Heteromormyrus Steindachner, 1866
Type species
Mormyrus pauciradiatus Steindachner, 1866 [1]
Species
see text

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. ^[2]

Species

Heteromormyrus contains the following recognised species: ^{[3] [2]}

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

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Mormyridae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 November 2024.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Heteromormyrus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 November 2024.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Heteromormyrus". FishBase . June 2024 version.