
Heteromormyrus
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.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Slender Stonebasher
speciesHeteromormyrus ansorgii

Heteromormyrus tavernei
speciesHeteromormyrus tavernei
Cunene River stonebasher
speciesHeteromormyrus longilateralis
Pappenheim's stonebasher
speciesHeteromormyrus pappenheimi
Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus
speciesHeteromormyrus pauciradiatus
Szabo's Stonebasher
speciesHeteromormyrus szaboi
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 88877.