Pollimyrus
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| Pollimyrus plagiostoma | |
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| Genus: | Pollimyrus Taverne, 1971
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| Mormyrus isidori Valenciennes, 1846
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Pollimyrus is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa.[1]
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:[1][2][3]
- Pollimyrus adspersus (Günther 1866)
- Pollimyrus brevis (Boulenger 1913) (Dungu mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus castelnaui (Boulenger, 1911) (Dwarf stonebasher)
- Pollimyrus cuandoensis B. J. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink 2013[2] (Kwando mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus eburneensis Bigorne, 1991 (Agnebi elephantfish)
- Pollimyrus guttatus (Fowler 1936) (Cameroon mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus isidori (Valenciennes 1847)
- Pollimyrus maculipinnis (Nichols & La Monte 1934) (Kananga mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus marianne B. J. Kramer van der Bank, Flint, Sauer-Gürth & Wink 2003 (Lisikili mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus nigricans (Boulenger 1906) (Dark stonebasher)
- Pollimyrus nigripinnis (Boulenger, 1899) (Kutu mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus pedunculatus (L. R. David & Poll 1937) (Boma mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus petherici (Boulenger 1898) (Khartum mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus petricolus (Daget 1954) (Markala mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus plagiostoma (Boulenger 1898) (Matadi mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus pulverulentus (Boulenger 1899) (Coquilhatville mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus schreyeni Poll 1972 (Schreyen mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus stappersii (Boulenger 1915) (Stappers’ mormyrid)
- Pollimyrus stappersii kapangae (L. R. David 1935)
- Pollimyrus stappersii stappersii (Boulenger 1915)
- Pollimyrus tumifrons (Boulenger 1902) (Banzyville mormyrid)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Pollimyrus in FishBase. May 2018 version.
- ^ a b Kramer, B., van der Bank, H. & Wink, M. (2013): Marked differentiation in a new species of dwarf stonebasher, Pollimyrus cuandoensis sp. nov. (Mormyridae: Teleostei), from a contact zone with two sibling species of the Okavango and Zambezi rivers. Journal of Natural History, 48 (7-8) [2014]: 429-463.
- ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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