Mormyridae

Elephantfishes

232 species

1. 1Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri Taverne & Géry, 1968fresh · tropical
2. 2Brevimyrus niger (Günther, 1866)fresh · tropical
3. 3Brienomyrus adustus (Fowler, 1936)fresh · tropical
4. 4Brienomyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862)fresh · brackish · tropical
5. 5Brienomyrus longianalis (Boulenger, 1901)fresh · tropical
6. 6Campylomormyrus alces (Boulenger, 1920)fresh · tropical
7. 7Campylomormyrus bredoi (Poll, 1945)fresh · tropical
8. 8Campylomormyrus cassaicus (Poll, 1967)fresh · tropical
9. 9Campylomormyrus christyi (Boulenger, 1920)fresh · tropical
10. 10Campylomormyrus compressirostris (Pellegrin, 1924)fresh · tropical
11. 11Campylomormyrus curvirostris (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
12. 12Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
13. 13Campylomormyrus luapulaensis (David & Poll, 1937)fresh · tropical
14. 14Campylomormyrus mirus (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
15. 15Campylomormyrus numenius (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
16. 16Campylomormyrus orycteropus Poll, Gosse & Orts, 1982fresh · tropical
17. 17Campylomormyrus phantasticus (Pellegrin, 1927)fresh · tropical
18. 18Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
19. 19Campylomormyrus tamandua (Günther, 1864) · Wormjawed mormyridfresh · tropical
20. 20Campylomormyrus tshokwe (Poll, 1967)fresh · tropical
21. 21Cryptomyrus ogoouensis Sullivan, Lavoué & Hopkins, 2016fresh · tropical
22. 22Cryptomyrus ona Sullivan, Lavoué & Hopkins, 2016fresh · tropical
23. 23Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki (Poll, 1945)fresh · tropical
24. 24Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936)fresh · tropical
25. 25Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852) · Zambesi parrotfishfresh · tropical
26. 26Cyphomyrus grahami (Norman, 1928) · Graham's stonebasherfresh · tropical
27. 27Cyphomyrus lufirae Mulelenu, Katemo Manda, Decru, Chocha Manda & Vreven, 2020fresh · tropical
28. 28Cyphomyrus macrops (Boulenger, 1909)fresh · tropical
29. 29Cyphomyrus petherici (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
30. 30Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger, 1897)fresh · tropical
31. 31Cyphomyrus weeksii (Boulenger, 1902)fresh · tropical
32. 32Cyphomyrus wilverthi (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
33. 33Genyomyrus donnyi Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
34. 34Gnathonemus barbatus Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
35. 35Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus Pellegrin, 1924fresh · tropical
36. 36Gnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf, 1888) · Longnose stonebasherfresh · tropical
37. 37Gnathonemus petersii (Günther, 1862) · Elephantnose fishfresh · tropical
38. 38Heteromormyrus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1905) · Slender stonebasherfresh · tropical
39. 39Heteromormyrus longilateralis (Kramer & Swartz, 2010)fresh · tropical
40. 40Heteromormyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger, 1910)fresh · tropical
41. 41Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Steindachner, 1866)fresh · tropical
42. 42Heteromormyrus szaboi (Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2004)fresh · tropical
43. 43Heteromormyrus tavernei (Poll, 1972)fresh · tropical
44. 44Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906fresh · tropical
45. 45Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985fresh · tropical
46. 46Hippopotamyrus pictus (Marcusen, 1864)fresh · tropical
47. 47Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède, 1803)fresh · brackish · tropical
48. 48Isichthys henryi Gill, 1863fresh · tropical
49. 49Ivindomyrus marchei (Sauvage, 1879)fresh · tropical
50. 50Ivindomyrus opdenboschi Taverne & Géry, 1975fresh · tropical
51. 51Marcusenius abadii (Boulenger, 1901)fresh · tropical
52. 52Marcusenius altisambesi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007fresh · tropical
53. 53Marcusenius angolensis (Boulenger, 1905)fresh · tropical
54. 54Marcusenius annamariae (Parenzan, 1939)fresh · tropical
55. 55Marcusenius bentleyi (Boulenger, 1897)fresh · tropical
56. 56Marcusenius brucii (Boulenger, 1910)fresh · tropical
57. 57Marcusenius caudisquamatus Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014fresh · tropical
58. 58Marcusenius cuangoanus (Poll, 1967)fresh · tropical
59. 59Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758)fresh · tropical
60. 60Marcusenius deboensis (Daget, 1954)fresh · tropical
61. 61Marcusenius desertus Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2016fresh · tropical
62. 62Marcusenius devosi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007fresh · tropical
63. 63Marcusenius dundoensis (Poll, 1967)fresh · tropical
64. 64Marcusenius elegans Fricke & Kramer, 2022fresh · tropical
65. 65Marcusenius friteli (Pellegrin, 1904)fresh · tropical
66. 66Marcusenius furcidens (Pellegrin, 1920)fresh · tropical
67. 67Marcusenius fuscus (Pellegrin, 1901)fresh · tropical
68. 68Marcusenius ghesquierei (Poll, 1945)fresh · tropical
69. 69Marcusenius greshoffii (Schilthuis, 1891)fresh · tropical
70. 70Marcusenius intermedius Pellegrin, 1924fresh · tropical
71. 71Marcusenius kainjii Lewis, 1974fresh · tropical
72. 72Marcusenius kaninginii Kisekelwa, Boden, Snoeks & Vreven, 2016fresh · tropical
73. 73Marcusenius krameri Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014fresh · tropical
74. 74Marcusenius kutuensis (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
75. 75Marcusenius lambouri (Pellegrin, 1904)fresh · tropical
76. 76Marcusenius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
77. 77Marcusenius livingstonii (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
78. 78Marcusenius lucombesi Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014fresh · tropical
79. 79Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters, 1852) · Bulldogfresh · tropical
80. 80Marcusenius macrophthalmus (Pellegrin, 1924)fresh · tropical
81. 81Marcusenius mento (Boulenger, 1890)fresh · tropical
82. 82Marcusenius meronai Bigorne & Paugy, 1990fresh · tropical
83. 83Marcusenius monteiri (Günther, 1873) · Monteiri's bulldogfresh · tropical
84. 84Marcusenius moorii (Günther, 1867)fresh · tropical
85. 85Marcusenius multisquamatus Kramer & Wink, 2013fresh · tropical
86. 86Marcusenius ntemensis (Pellegrin, 1927)fresh · tropical
87. 87Marcusenius nyasensis (Worthington, 1933)fresh · tropical
88. 88Marcusenius pongolensis (Fowler, 1934)fresh · tropical
89. 89Marcusenius rheni (Fowler, 1936)fresh · tropical
90. 90Marcusenius sanagaensis Boden, Teugels & Hopkins, 1997fresh · tropical
91. 91Marcusenius schilthuisiae (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
92. 92Marcusenius senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870)fresh · tropical
93. 93Marcusenius stanleyanus (Boulenger, 1897)fresh · tropical
94. 94Marcusenius thomasi (Boulenger, 1916)fresh · tropical
95. 95Marcusenius ussheri (Günther, 1867)fresh · tropical
96. 96Marcusenius verheyenorum Mambo Baba, Kisekelwa, Danadu Mizani, Decru & Vreven, 2020fresh · tropical
97. 97Marcusenius victoriae (Worthington, 1929) · Victoria stonebasherfresh · tropical
98. 98Marcusenius wamuinii Decru, Sullivan & Vreven, 2019fresh · tropical
99. 99Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus, 1758) · Cornish jackfresh · tropical
100. 100Mormyrops attenuatus Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
101. 101Mormyrops batesianus Boulenger, 1909fresh · tropical
102. 102Mormyrops boulengeri Pellegrin, 1900fresh · tropical
103. 103Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner, 1894fresh · tropical
104. 104Mormyrops caballus Pellegrin, 1927fresh · tropical
105. 105Mormyrops citernii Vinciguerra, 1912fresh · tropical
106. 106Mormyrops curtus Boulenger, 1899fresh · tropical
107. 107Mormyrops curviceps Roman, 1966fresh · tropical
108. 108Mormyrops engystoma Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
109. 109Mormyrops furcidens Pellegrin, 1900fresh · tropical
110. 110Mormyrops intermedius Vinciguerra, 1928fresh · tropical
111. 111Mormyrops lineolatus Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
112. 112Mormyrops mariae (Schilthuis, 1891)fresh · tropical
113. 113Mormyrops masuianus Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
114. 114Mormyrops microstoma Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
115. 115Mormyrops nigricans Boulenger, 1899fresh · tropical
116. 116Mormyrops oudoti Daget, 1954fresh · tropical
117. 117Mormyrops parvus Boulenger, 1899fresh · tropical
118. 118Mormyrops sirenoides Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
119. 119Mormyrops zanclirostris (Günther, 1867)fresh · tropical
120. 120Mormyrus bernhardi Pellegrin, 1926 · Bernhard's elephant-snout fishfresh · tropical
121. 121Mormyrus caballus Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
122. 122Mormyrus casalis Vinciguerra, 1922fresh · tropical
123. 123Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus, 1758fresh · tropical
124. 124Mormyrus cyaneus Roberts & Stewart, 1976fresh · tropical
125. 125Mormyrus felixi Pellegrin, 1939fresh · tropical
126. 126Mormyrus goheeni Fowler, 1919fresh · tropical
127. 127Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1847 · Elephant snoutfresh · tropical
128. 128Mormyrus hildebrandti Peters, 1882 · Hildebrandt's elephant-snout fishfresh · tropical
129. 129Mormyrus iriodes Roberts & Stewart, 1976fresh · tropical
130. 130Mormyrus kannume Fabricius, 1775 · Elephant-snout fishfresh · tropical
131. 131Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau, 1861 · Western bottlenose mormyridfresh · tropical
132. 132Mormyrus longirostris Peters, 1852 · Eastern bottlenose mormyridfresh · tropical
133. 133Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington, 1929fresh · tropical
134. 134Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866fresh · tropical
135. 135Mormyrus niloticus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)fresh · tropical
136. 136Mormyrus ovis Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
137. 137Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, 1847 · Mormyridsfresh · tropical
138. 138Mormyrus subundulatus Roberts, 1989fresh · tropical
139. 139Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim, 1905fresh · tropical
140. 140Mormyrus tenuirostris Peters, 1882 · Athi elephant-snout fishfresh · tropical
141. 141Mormyrus thomasi Pellegrin, 1938fresh · tropical
142. 142Myomyrus macrodon Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
143. 143Myomyrus macrops Boulenger, 1914fresh · tropical
144. 144Myomyrus pharao Poll & Taverne, 1967fresh · tropical
145. 145Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger, 1906)fresh · tropical
146. 146Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977)fresh · tropical
147. 147Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977fresh · tropical
148. 148Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985)fresh · tropical
149. 149Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll, 1967) · Ghost stonebasherfresh · tropical
150. 150Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)fresh · tropical
151. 151Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977)fresh · tropical
152. 152Paramormyrops ntotom Rich, Sullivan & Hopkins, 2017fresh · tropical
153. 153Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)fresh · tropical
154. 154Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879)fresh · tropical
155. 155Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger, 1903fresh · tropical
156. 156Petrocephalus arnegardi Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014fresh · tropical
157. 157Petrocephalus balayi Sauvage, 1883fresh · tropical
158. 158Petrocephalus bane (Lacepède, 1803)fresh · tropical
159. 159Petrocephalus binotatus Pellegrin, 1924fresh · tropical
160. 160Petrocephalus boboto Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014fresh · tropical
161. 161Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes, 1847)fresh · tropical
162. 162Petrocephalus catostoma (Günther, 1866) · Churchillfresh · tropical
163. 163Petrocephalus christyi Boulenger, 1920fresh · tropical
164. 164Petrocephalus congicus David & Poll, 1937fresh · tropical
165. 165Petrocephalus cunganus Boulenger, 1910fresh · tropical
166. 166Petrocephalus degeni Boulenger, 1906fresh · tropical
167. 167Petrocephalus frieli Lavoué, 2012fresh · tropical
168. 168Petrocephalus gliroides (Vinciguerra, 1897)fresh · tropical
169. 169Petrocephalus grandoculis Boulenger, 1920fresh · tropical
170. 170Petrocephalus haullevillii Boulenger, 1912fresh · tropical
171. 171Petrocephalus hutereaui (Boulenger, 1913)fresh · tropical
172. 172Petrocephalus keatingii Boulenger, 1901fresh · subtropical
173. 173Petrocephalus leo Lavoué, 2016fresh · tropical
174. 174Petrocephalus levequei Bigorne & Paugy, 1990fresh · tropical
175. 175Petrocephalus longianalis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012fresh · tropical
176. 176Petrocephalus longicapitis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012fresh · tropical
177. 177Petrocephalus magnitrunci Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012fresh · tropical
178. 178Petrocephalus magnoculis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012fresh · tropical
179. 179Petrocephalus mbossou Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010fresh · tropical
180. 180Petrocephalus microphthalmus Pellegrin, 1909fresh · tropical
181. 181Petrocephalus odzalaensis Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010fresh · tropical
182. 182Petrocephalus okavangensis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012fresh · tropical
183. 183Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus Bigorne & Paugy, 1990fresh · tropical
184. 184Petrocephalus pellegrini Poll, 1941fresh · tropical
185. 185Petrocephalus petersi Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012fresh · tropical
186. 186Petrocephalus pulsivertens Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010fresh · tropical
187. 187Petrocephalus sauvagii (Boulenger, 1887)fresh · tropical
188. 188Petrocephalus schoutedeni Poll, 1954fresh · tropical
189. 189Petrocephalus similis Lavoué, 2011fresh · tropical
190. 190Petrocephalus simus Sauvage, 1879fresh · tropical
191. 191Petrocephalus soudanensis Bigorne & Paugy, 1990fresh · tropical
192. 192Petrocephalus squalostoma (Boulenger, 1915)fresh · tropical
193. 193Petrocephalus steindachneri Fowler, 1958fresh · tropical
194. 194Petrocephalus stuhlmanni Boulenger, 1909fresh · tropical
195. 195Petrocephalus sullivani Lavoué, Hopkins & Kamdem Toham, 2004fresh · tropical
196. 196Petrocephalus tanensis Whitehead & Greenwood, 1959 · Tana-churchillfresh · tropical
197. 197Petrocephalus tenuicauda (Steindachner, 1894)fresh · tropical
198. 198Petrocephalus valentini Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010fresh · tropical
199. 199Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer & van der Bank, 2000 · Southern Churchillfresh · subtropical
200. 200Petrocephalus zakoni Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010fresh · tropical
201. 201Pollimyrus adspersus (Günther, 1866)fresh · tropical
202. 202Pollimyrus brevis (Boulenger, 1913)fresh · tropical
203. 203Pollimyrus castelnaui (Boulenger, 1911) · Dwarf stonebasherfresh · tropical
204. 204Pollimyrus cuandoensis Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2013fresh · tropical
205. 205Pollimyrus eburneensis Bigorne, 1991fresh · tropical
206. 206Pollimyrus guttatus (Fowler, 1936)fresh · tropical
207. 207Pollimyrus isidori (Valenciennes, 1847) · Elephant Fishfresh · tropical
208. 208Pollimyrus macroterops (Boulenger, 1920)fresh · tropical
209. 209Pollimyrus maculipinnis (Nichols & La Monte, 1934)fresh · tropical
210. 210Pollimyrus marianne Kramer, van der Bank, Flint, Sauer-Gürth & Wink, 2003fresh · tropical
211. 211Pollimyrus nigricans (Boulenger, 1906) · Dark stonebasherfresh · tropical
212. 212Pollimyrus nigripinnis (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
213. 213Pollimyrus pedunculatus (David & Poll, 1937)fresh · tropical
214. 214Pollimyrus petricolus (Daget, 1954)fresh · tropical
215. 215Pollimyrus plagiostoma (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
216. 216Pollimyrus pulverulentus (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
217. 217Pollimyrus schreyeni Poll, 1972fresh · tropical
218. 218Pollimyrus stappersii (Boulenger, 1915)fresh · tropical
219. 219Pollimyrus tumifrons (Boulenger, 1902)fresh · tropical
220. 220Stomatorhinus ater Pellegrin, 1924fresh · tropical
221. 221Stomatorhinus corneti Boulenger, 1899fresh · tropical
222. 222Stomatorhinus fuliginosus Poll, 1941fresh · tropical
223. 223Stomatorhinus humilior Boulenger, 1899fresh · tropical
224. 224Stomatorhinus ivindoensis Sullivan & Hopkins, 2005fresh · tropical
225. 225Stomatorhinus kununguensis Poll, 1945fresh · tropical
226. 226Stomatorhinus microps Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
227. 227Stomatorhinus patrizii Vinciguerra, 1928fresh · tropical
228. 228Stomatorhinus polli Matthes, 1964fresh · tropical
229. 229Stomatorhinus polylepis Boulenger, 1899fresh · tropical
230. 230Stomatorhinus puncticulatus Boulenger, 1899fresh · tropical
231. 231Stomatorhinus schoutedeni Poll, 1945fresh · tropical
232. 232Stomatorhinus walkeri (Günther, 1867)fresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.