Mormyrops
Mormyrops is a genus of weakly electric fish in the family Mormyridae from freshwater in Africa. They are characterized by an elongate head measuring twice as long as high, and no teeth on the palate or the tongue. The genus includes the largest member of the mormyrid family, the cornish jack (Mormyrops anguilloides) at up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species
Cornish Jack
speciesMormyrops anguilloides
Mormyrops zanclirostris
speciesMormyrops zanclirostris
Mormyrops nigricans
speciesMormyrops nigricans
Mormyrops curtus
speciesMormyrops curtus
Mormyrops engystoma
speciesMormyrops engystoma
Mormyrops lineolatus
speciesMormyrops lineolatus
Mormyrops mariae
speciesMormyrops mariae
Mormyrops masuianus
speciesMormyrops masuianus
Mormyrops microstoma
speciesMormyrops microstoma
Mormyrops sirenoides
speciesMormyrops sirenoides
Mormyrops attenuatus
speciesMormyrops attenuatus
Mormyrops breviceps
speciesMormyrops breviceps
Mormyrops curviceps
speciesMormyrops curviceps
Mormyrops caballus
speciesMormyrops caballus
Mormyrops citernii
speciesMormyrops citernii
Mormyrops furcidens
speciesMormyrops furcidens
Mormyrops intermedius
speciesMormyrops intermedius
Mormyrops batesianus
speciesMormyrops batesianus
Mormyrops oudoti
speciesMormyrops oudoti
Mormyrops parvus
speciesMormyrops parvus
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 90046.