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Pollimyrus

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Pollimyrus
Pollimyrus plagiostoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Pollimyrus
Taverne, 1971
Type species
Mormyrus isidori
Valenciennes, 1846

Pollimyrus is a genus of elephantfishes native to Africa.[1]

Species

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These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[1][2][3]

  • Pollimyrus krameri Katrien Dierickx, Soleil Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Roger Bills and Emmanuel Vreven. 2024[4]

References

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  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pollimyrus". FishBase. May 2018 version.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Katrien Dierickx, Soleil Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Roger Bills and Emmanuel Vreven. 2024. Morphometric Synthesis of Pollimyrus (Teleostei, Mormyridae) with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Fish Biology. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15983