Cyphomyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes.
| Cyphomyrus | |
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| Cyphomyrus psittacus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Cyphomyrus Myers, 1960 |
| Type species | |
| Mormyrus psittacus Boulenger, 1897
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Species
editThe following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus:[1]
- Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki (Poll, 1945)
- Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936)
- Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852) (Zambezi parrotfish)
- Cyphomyrus grahami (Norman 1928) (Graham's stonebasher)
- Cyphomyrus lufirae Mulelenu et al., 2020[2]
- Cyphomyrus macrops (Boulenger, 1909)
- Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger, 1897)
- Cyphotamyrus weeksii ([Boulenger, 1902) (Weeks' mormyrid)
- Cyphomyrus wilverthi (Boulenger, 1898)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cyphomyrus". FishBase. July 2021 version.
- ^ Mukweze Mulelenu, C.; Katemo Manda, B.; Decru, E.; Chocha Manda, A.; Vreven, E. (2020). "The Cyphomyrus Myers 1960 (Osteoglossiformes: Mormyridae) of the Lufira basin (Upper Lualaba: DR Congo): A generic reassignment and the description of a new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 96 (5): 1123–1141. doi:10.1111/jfb.14237.
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