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Elephant Fishes

Mormyridae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Mormyridae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Mormyridae
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Mormyridae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Liberia Species List, Malawi Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritania Species List, Namibia Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Rwanda Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Sudan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, FAO Fishery Statistics, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, iDigBio type specimen records, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Ladich and Popper 2004
Mormyriformes
Recognized by Bullock et al 1983

Alternative Names

Mormyridae
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, Zookeys, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Fishbase, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Oxymormyrus Bleeker 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polymyrus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

elephant fishes preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa and admin
elephantfish
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Arabic

أسماك قنومية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Mormirlər preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

мормирови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

象鼻魚科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

rypounovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dinka

Anyidɔl preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

tapirvissen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Mormiredoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Norsukalat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Hebrew

מורמיריים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

csőrösszájúhal-félék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

モルミュルス科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin
モルミルス科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

코끼리고기과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Straubliuotinės (kaulaliežuvės) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

elefantfiskfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

پیل‌ماهیان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Mrukowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

мормировые preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

วงศ์ปลางวงช้าง preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Cá mũi voi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

اسماك قنوميه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Mormyridae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossomorpha
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus
Brevimyrus
Brienomyrus
Campylomormyrus
Cryptomyrus
Cyphomyrus
Genyomyrus
Gnathonemus
Heteromormyrus
Hippopotamyrus
Hyperopisus
Isichthys
Ivindomyrus
Marcusenius
Mormyrops
Mormyrus
Myomyrus
Paramormyrops
Petrocephalus
Pollimyrus
Stomatorhinus
Gymnarchidae
Notopteridae
Osteoglossidae
Pantodontidae

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus
Brevimyrus
Brienomyrus
Campylomormyrus
Cryptomyrus
Cyphomyrus
Genyomyrus
Gnathonemus
Heteromormyrus
Hippopotamyrus
Hyperopisus
Isichthys
Ivindomyrus
Marcusenius
Mormyrops
Mormyrus
Myomyrus
Paramormyrops
Petrocephalus
Pollimyrus
Stomatorhinus
Arapaimidae
Gymnarchidae
Hiodontidae
Notopteridae
Osteoglossidae
Pantodontidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus
Brevimyrus
Brienomyrus
Campylomormyrus
Cryptomyrus
Cyphomyrus
Genyomyrus
Gnathonemus
Heteromormyrus
Hippopotamyrus
Hyperopisus
Isichthys
Ivindomyrus
Marcusenius
Mormyrops
Mormyrus
Myomyrus
Paramormyrops
Petrocephalus
Pollimyrus
Stomatorhinus
Gymnarchidae
Notopteridae
Osteoglossidae
Pantodontidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossomorpha
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus
Brevimyrus
Brienomyrus
Campylomormyrus
Cryptomyrus
Cyphomyrus
Genyomyrus
Gnathonemus
Heteromormyrus
Hippopotamyrus
Hyperopisus
Isichthys
Ivindomyrus
Marcusenius
Mormyrops
Mormyrus
Myomyrus
Paramormyrops
Petrocephalus
Pollimyrus
Stomatorhinus
Gymnarchidae
Notopteridae
Osteoglossidae
Pantodontidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus
Brevimyrus
Brienomyrus
Campylomormyrus
Cryptomyrus
Cyphomyrus
Genyomyrus
Gnathonemus
Heteromormyrus
Hippopotamyrus
Hyperopisus
Isichthys
Ivindomyrus
Marcusenius
Mormyrops
Mormyrus
Myomyrus
Paramormyrops
Petrocephalus
Pollimyrus
Stomatorhinus
Gymnarchidae
Notopteridae
Osteoglossidae
Pantodontidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus Taverne & Géry 1968
Brevimyrus Taverne 1971
Brienomyrus Taverne 1971
Campylomormyrus Bleeker 1874
Cryptomyrus Sullivan, Lavoué & Hopkins 2016
Cyphomyrus Myers 1960
Genyomyrus Boulenger 1898
Gnathonemus Gill 1863
Heteromormyrus Steindachner 1866
Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim 1906
Hyperopisus Gill 1862
Isichthys Gill 1863
Ivindomyrus Taverne & Géry 1975
Marcusenius Gill 1862
Mormyrops Müller 1843
Mormyrus Linnaeus 1758
Myomyrus Boulenger 1898
Paramormyrops Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer 1977
Petrocephalus Marcusen 1854
Pollimyrus Taverne 1971
Stomatorhinus Boulenger 1898
Arapaimidae
Brychaetus Woodward 1901
Chandlerichthyes strickeri Grande
Foreyichthyidae
Gymnarchidae
Hiodontidae
Huashiidae
Joffrichthys Li, Guo-qing & Mark VH Wilson 1996
Lycopteridae
Monopteros Volta 1796
Notopteridae
Ostariostoma wilseyi Schaeffer 1949
Ostariostomidae
Osteoglossidae
Palaeonotopterus Forey 1997
Pantodontidae
Saurocephalidae
Singididae
Wakinoichthiidae
Xixiaichthys Zhang 2004

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossomorpha
Osteoglossiformes
Osteoglossoidei
Mormyroidea
Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus Taverne & Géry 1968
Brienomyrus Taverne 1971
Campylomormyrus Bleeker 1874
Genyomyrus Boulenger 1898
Gnathonemus Gill 1863
Heteromormyrus Steindachner 1866
Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim 1906
Hyperopisus Gill 1862
Isichthys Gill 1863
Ivindomyrus Taverne & Géry 1975
Marcusenius Gill 1862
Mormyrops Müller 1843
Mormyrus Linnaeus 1758
Myomyrus Boulenger 1898
Oxymormyrus Bleeker 1874
Paramormyrops Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer 1977
Petrocephalus Marcusen 1854
Pollimyrus Taverne 1971
Stomatorhinus Boulenger 1898
Gymnarchidae

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri Taverne & Géry 1968
Brevimyrus niger (Günther 1866)
Brienomyrus brachyistius (Gill 1862)
Brienomyrus longianalis (Boulenger 1901)
Campylomormyrus alces (Boulenger 1920)
Campylomormyrus bredoi (Poll 1945)
Campylomormyrus cassaicus (Poll 1967)
Campylomormyrus christyi (Boulenger 1920)
Campylomormyrus curvirostris (Boulenger 1898)
Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger 1898)
Campylomormyrus luapulaensis (David & Poll 1937)
Campylomormyrus mirus (Boulenger 1898)
Campylomormyrus numenius (Boulenger 1898)
Campylomormyrus orycteropus Poll, Gosse & Orts 1982
Campylomormyrus phantasticus (Pellegrin 1927)
Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus (Boulenger 1898)
Campylomormyrus tamandua (Günther 1864)
Campylomormyrus tshokwe (Poll 1967)
Cyphomyrus macrops (Boulenger 1909)
Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger 1897)
Cyphomyrus wilverthi (Boulenger 1898)
Genyomyrus donnyi Boulenger 1898
Gnathonemus barbatus Poll 1967
Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus Pellegrin 1924
Gnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf 1888)
Gnathonemus petersii (Günther 1862)
Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Steindachner 1866)
Hippopotamyrus aelsbroecki (Poll 1945)
Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906
Hippopotamyrus grahami (Norman 1928)
Hippopotamyrus harringtoni (Boulenger 1905)
Hippopotamyrus macroterops (Boulenger 1920)
Hippopotamyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger 1910)
Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque & Bigorne 1985
Hippopotamyrus pictus (Marcusen 1864)
Hippopotamyrus retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom 1917)
Hippopotamyrus szaboi Kramer, Van Der Bank & Wink 2004
Hyperopisus bebe (La Cepède 1803)
Isichthys henryi Gill 1863
Ivindomyrus marchei (Sauvage 1879)
Ivindomyrus opdenboschi Taverne & Géry 1975
Marcusenius
Marcusenius
Marcusenius abadii (Boulenger 1901)
Marcusenius altisambesi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink 2007
Marcusenius angolensis (Boulenger 1905)
Marcusenius bentleyi (Boulenger 1897)
Marcusenius brucii (Boulenger 1910)
Marcusenius cuangoanus (Poll 1967)
Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus 1758)
Marcusenius deboensis (Daget 1954)
Marcusenius devosi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink 2007
Marcusenius dundoensis (Poll 1967)
Marcusenius friteli (Pellegrin 1904)
Marcusenius furcidens (Pellegrin 1920)
Marcusenius fuscus (Pellegrin 1901)
Marcusenius ghesquierei (Poll 1945)
Marcusenius greshoffii (Schilthuis 1891)
Marcusenius intermedius Pellegrin 1924
Marcusenius kutuensis (Boulenger 1899)
Marcusenius leopoldianus (Boulenger 1899)
Marcusenius livingstonii (Boulenger 1899)
Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters 1852)
Marcusenius macrophthalmus (Pellegrin 1924)
Marcusenius mento (Boulenger 1890)
Marcusenius meronai Bigorne & Paugy 1990
Marcusenius monteiri (Günther 1873)
Marcusenius moorii (Günther 1867)
Marcusenius ntemensis (Pellegrin 1927)
Marcusenius sanagaensis Boden, Teugels & Hopkins 1997
Marcusenius schilthuisiae (Boulenger 1899)
Marcusenius senegalensis (Steindachner 1870)
Marcusenius senegalensis subsp. pfaffi (Fowler 1958)
Marcusenius stanleyanus (Boulenger 1897)
Marcusenius thomasi (Boulenger 1916)
Marcusenius ussheri (Günther 1867)
Marcusenius victoriae (Worthington 1929)
Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758)
Mormyrops attenuatus Boulenger 1898
Mormyrops batesianus Boulenger 1909
Mormyrops boulengeri Pellegrin 1900
Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner 1894
Mormyrops caballus Pellegrin 1927
Mormyrops curtus Boulenger 1899
Mormyrops engystoma Boulenger 1898
Mormyrops furcidens Pellegrin 1900
Mormyrops intermedius Vinciguerra 1928
Mormyrops lineolatus Boulenger 1898
Mormyrops mariae (Schilthuis 1891)
Mormyrops masuianus Boulenger 1898
Mormyrops microstoma Boulenger 1898
Mormyrops nigricans Boulenger 1899
Mormyrops oudoti Daget 1954
Mormyrops parvus Boulenger 1899
Mormyrops sirenoides Boulenger 1898
Mormyrops zanclirostris (Günther 1867)
Mormyrus bernhardi Pellegrin 1926
Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus 1758
Mormyrus cyaneus Roberts & Stewart 1976
Mormyrus felixi Pellegrin 1939
Mormyrus goheeni Fowler 1919
Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes 1847
Mormyrus hildebrandti Peters 1882
Mormyrus iriodes Roberts & Stewart 1976
Mormyrus kannume Forsskål 1775
Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau 1861
Mormyrus longirostris Peters 1852
Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington 1929
Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther 1866
Mormyrus niloticus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Mormyrus ovis Boulenger 1898
Mormyrus rume Boulenger 1898
Mormyrus subundulatus Roberts 1989
Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim 1905
Mormyrus tenuirostris Peters 1882
Mormyrus thomasi Pellegrin 1938
Myomyrus macrodon Boulenger 1898
Myomyrus macrops Boulenger 1914
Myomyrus pharao Poll & Taverne 1967
Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger 1906)
Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry 1977)
Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer 1977
Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde 1985)
Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll 1967)
Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther 1896)
Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry 1977)
Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage 1879)
Paramormyrops tavernei Poll 1972
Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger 1903
Petrocephalus balayi Sauvage 1883
Petrocephalus bane (Lacepède 1803)
Petrocephalus binotatus Pellegrin 1924
Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes 1847)
Petrocephalus christyi Boulenger 1920
Petrocephalus cunganus Boulenger 1910
Petrocephalus gliroides (Vinciguerra 1897)
Petrocephalus grandoculis Boulenger 1920
Petrocephalus hutereaui (Boulenger 1913)
Petrocephalus keatingii Boulenger 1901
Petrocephalus levequei Bigorne & Paugy 1990
Petrocephalus microphthalmus Pellegrin 1909
Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus Bigorne & Paugy 1990
Petrocephalus pellegrini Poll 1941
Petrocephalus sauvagii (Boulenger 1887)
Petrocephalus schoutedeni Poll 1954
Petrocephalus simus Sauvage 1879
Petrocephalus soudanensis Bigorne & Paugy 1990
Petrocephalus squalostoma (Boulenger 1915)
Petrocephalus sullivani Lavoué, Hopkins & Kamdem Toham 2004
Petrocephalus tenuicauda (Steindachner 1894)
Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer & van der Bank 2000
Pollimyrus adspersus (Günther 1866)
Pollimyrus brevis (Boulenger 1913)
Pollimyrus castelnaui (Boulenger 1911)
Pollimyrus eburneensis Bigorne 1991
Pollimyrus guttatus (Fowler 1936)
Pollimyrus isidori (Nichols & Griscom 1917)
Pollimyrus maculipinnis (Nichols & La Monte 1934)
Pollimyrus marianne Kramer, van der Bank, Flint, Sauer-Gürth & Wink 2003
Pollimyrus nigricans (Boulenger 1906)
Pollimyrus nigripinnis (Boulenger 1899)
Pollimyrus pedunculatus (David & Poll 1937)
Pollimyrus petherici (Boulenger 1898)
Pollimyrus petricolus (Daget 1954)
Pollimyrus plagiostoma (Boulenger 1898)
Pollimyrus pulverulentus (Boulenger 1899)
Pollimyrus schreyeni Poll 1972
Pollimyrus tumifrons (Boulenger 1902)
Stomatorhinus ater Pellegrin 1924
Stomatorhinus corneti Boulenger 1899
Stomatorhinus fuliginosus Poll 1941
Stomatorhinus humilior Boulenger 1899
Stomatorhinus ivindoensis Sullivan & Hopkins 2005
Stomatorhinus kununguensis Poll 1945
Stomatorhinus microps Boulenger 1898
Stomatorhinus patrizii Vinciguerra 1928
Stomatorhinus polli Matthes 1964
Stomatorhinus polylepis Boulenger 1899
Stomatorhinus puncticulatus Boulenger 1899
Stomatorhinus schoutedeni Poll 1945
Stomatorhinus walkeri (Günther 1867)
Gymnarchidae
Hiodontidae
Notopteridae
Osteoglossidae
Pantodontidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Osteoglossocephala
Osteoglossomorpha
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus
Brevimyrus
Brienomyrus
Campylomormyrus
Cryptomyrus
Cyphomyrus
Genyomyrus
Gnathonemus
Hippopotamyrus
Hyperopisus
Isichthys
Ivindomyrus
Marcusenius
Mormyrops
Mormyrus
Myomyrus
Paramormyrops
Petrocephalus
Pollimyrus
Stomatorhinus
Gymnarchidae
Notopteridae
Osteoglossidae
Pantodontidae
unclassified Osteoglossiformes

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae (this page)
Boulengeromyrus
Brevimyrus
Cryptomyrus
Cyphomyrus
Genyomyrus
Gnathonemus
Heteromormyrus
Hippopotamyrus
Hyperopisus
Isichthys
Ivindomyrus
Marcusenius
Mormyrinae
Mormyrops
Mormyrus
Myomyrus
Oxymormyrus
Petrocephalus
Pollimyrus
Arapaimidae
Gymnarchidae
Leptolepididae
Notopteridae
Notopteroidei
Ostariostomidae
Osteoglossidae
Osteoglossoidei
Wilsonichthys

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Teleostei
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae (this page)
Brienomyrus
Brienomyrus Taverne 1971
Hyperopisus
Hyperopisus Gill 1862
Notopteridae
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