Mormyrus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Osteoglossiformes
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Genus
- Mormyrus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Mormyrus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mormyrus
Mormyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Mormyrus bernhardi
- Mormyrus caballus
- Mormyrus casalis
- Mormyrus caschive
- Mormyrus cyaneus
- Mormyrus goheeni
- Mormyrus hasselquistii
- Mormyrus hildebrandti
- Mormyrus iriodes
- Mormyrus kannume
- Mormyrus lacerda
- Mormyrus longirostris
- Mormyrus macrocephalus
- Mormyrus macrophthalmus
- Mormyrus niloticus
- Mormyrus ovis
- Mormyrus rume
- Mormyrus subundulatus
- Mormyrus tapirus
- Mormyrus tenuirostris
- Mormyrus thomasi