Campylomormyrus Explained

Campylomormyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:.^{[1] [2]}

• Campylomormyrus alces (Boulenger 1920) (Stanley Falls elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus bredoi (Poll 1945) (Mweru elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus cassaicus (Poll 1967) (donkey-faced elephant nose)
• Campylomormyrus christyi (Boulenger 1920) (Christy's elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus compressirostris (Pellegrin 1924)^[3]
• Campylomormyrus curvirostris (Boulenger 1898) (Matadi elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger 1898) (elephant-trunk mormyrid)
• Campylomormyrus luapulaensis (L. R. David & Poll 1937) (Kabunda elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus mirus (Boulenger 1898) (Upoto elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus numenius (Boulenger 1898) (Upoto elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus orycteropus Poll, J. P. Gosse & Orts 1982 (Pweto elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus phantasticus (Pellegrin 1927) (fantastic elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus (Boulenger 1898) (double-trunk elephant nose)
• Campylomormyrus tamandua (Günther 1864) (Worm-jawed elephantfish)
• Campylomormyrus tshokwe (Poll 1967) (Dundo elephantfish)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mormyridae . Deeplyfish- fishes of the world . 18 May 2017 . 22 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180322081841/http://deeplyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Family-Mormyridae-PDF.pdf . dead .
2. [Max Poll|POLL]
3. Lamanna F, Kirschbaum F, Ernst AR, Feulner PG, Mamonekene V, Paul C, Tiedemann R . 2016. Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships in a genus of African weakly-electric fishes (Osteoglossiformes, Mormyridae, Campylomormyrus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 101. 8–18. 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.035. 27143239.