Campylomormyrus

Campylomormyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.^[1]

Campylomormyrus
Campylomormyrus elephas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Campylomormyrus Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Mormyrus tamandua Günther, 1864

Species

Several Campylomormyrus species and their electric organ discharges

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:.^[1][2][3]

• 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)^[4]
• 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)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Campylomormyrus". FishBase. January 2016 version.
2. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. POLL, Max, GOSSE, Jean-Pierre & ORTS, Stéphane (1982). Le genre Campylomormyrus Bleeker, 1874. Étude systématique et description d'une espèce nouvelle (Pisces, Mormyridae). - Bull. Inst. roy. Sci. nat. Belg., 54, Biol. (5): 34 pp., 2 fig., 13 pl
4. 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.035. PMID 27143239.