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Mormyrus
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Mormyrus

Mormyrus is a genus of fish in the Mormyridae family.

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21 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 21 known species

Senegal Mormyrid

speciesMormyrus rume

Elephant-snout Fish

speciesMormyrus kannume

Eastern Bottlenose

speciesMormyrus longirostris

Mormyrus caballus

speciesMormyrus caballus

Mormyrus tapirus

speciesMormyrus tapirus

Western Bottlenose

speciesMormyrus lacerda

Mormyrus hasselquistii

speciesMormyrus hasselquistii

Mormyrus ovis

speciesMormyrus ovis

Niger mormyrid

speciesMormyrus macrophthalmus

Athi elephant-snout fish

speciesMormyrus tenuirostris

Mormyrus caschive

speciesMormyrus caschive

Somali mormyrid

speciesMormyrus casalis

French Congo mormyrid

speciesMormyrus thomasi

Hildebrandt's elephant-snout fish

speciesMormyrus hildebrandti

largehead mormyrid

speciesMormyrus macrocephalus

Bernhard's elephant-snout fish

speciesMormyrus bernhardi

Lower Congo River mormyrid

speciesMormyrus cyaneus

Bandama mormyrid

speciesMormyrus subundulatus

Inga mormyrid

speciesMormyrus iriodes

Liberian mormyrid

speciesMormyrus goheeni

Egyptian trunkfish

speciesMormyrus niloticus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Mormyrus in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.417

Mormyrus in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.174

Mormyrus in The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.48

Mormyrus in The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.46

Mormyrus in Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)

Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)

Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.46

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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 90047.