Cyphomyrus
The Zambezi Parrotfish (Cyphomyrus discorhynchus) is an elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. It is currently the only member of its genus. It occurs in several river systems across central Africa. It grows to a length of 31 cm.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Cubango Stonebasher
speciesCyphomyrus cubangoensis
Zambezi Parrotfish
speciesCyphomyrus discorhynchus
Cyphomyrus psittacus
speciesCyphomyrus psittacus
Graham's stonebasher
speciesCyphomyrus grahami
Weeks' mormyrid
speciesCyphomyrus weeksii
Cyphomyrus macrops
speciesCyphomyrus macrops
Cyphomyrus wilverthi
speciesCyphomyrus wilverthi
Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki
speciesCyphomyrus aelsbroecki
Cyphomyrus petherici
speciesCyphomyrus petherici
Cyphomyrus lufirae
speciesCyphomyrus lufirae
Cyphomyrus plagiostoma
speciesCyphomyrus plagiostoma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87806.