Intro | Search taxa | Taxon tree | Search literature | Taxon match | Homonyms | Statistics | Webservice | Manual | FAQ | LifeWatch | Download | Log in

IRMNG taxon details

Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1831

114899  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114899)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Osteoglossiformes (Order)
  7. Mormyridae (Family)
accepted
Family

Ordering

  • Alphabetically
  • By status

Children Display

  1. Genus Boulengeromyrus Taverne & Géry, 1968
  2. Genus Brevimyrus Taverne, 1971
  3. Genus Brienomyrus Taverne, 1971
  4. Genus Campylomormyrus Bleeker, 1874
  5. Genus Cryptomyrus Sullivan, 2016
  6. Genus Cyphomyrus Myers, 1960
  7. Genus Genyomyrus Boulenger, 1898
  8. Genus Gnathonemus Gill, 1863
  9. Genus Heteromormyrus Steindachner, 1866
  10. Genus Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906
  11. Genus Hyperopisus Gill, 1862
  12. Genus Isichthys Gill, 1863
  13. Genus Ivindomyrus Taverne & Géry, 1975
  14. Genus Marcusenius Gill, 1862
  15. Genus Mormyrops Müller, 1843
  16. Genus Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
  17. Genus Myomyrus Boulenger, 1898
  18. Genus Oxymormyrus Bleeker, 1874
  19. Genus Paramormyrops Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
  20. Genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854
  21. Genus Pollimyrus Taverne, 1971
  22. Genus Stomatorhinus Boulenger, 1898
  23. Genus Hyperopsis accepted as Hyperopisus Gill, 1862
  24. Genus Hyppopotamyrus accepted as Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906
  25. Genus Mormyrius Swainson, 1839 accepted as Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
  26. Genus Mormyrodes Gill, 1862 accepted as Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
  27. Genus Mormyros accepted as Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
  28. Genus Murmyrous accepted as Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
  29. Genus Oxyrhynchus Leach in Tuckey, 1818 accepted as Mormyrops Müller, 1843
  30. Genus Paramyomyrus Pellegrin, 1927 accepted as Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906
  31. Genus Phagrus Marcusen, 1864 accepted as Hyperopisus Gill, 1862
  32. Genus Scrophicephalus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
  33. Genus Solenomormyrus Bleeker, 1874 accepted as Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
  34. Genus Polymyrus (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2023). Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114899 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2023-05-20 14:33:10Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.  [details]   

additional source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details]   

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.  [details]   

habitat flag source FishBase [details]   
From other sources
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Osteoglossiformes (Order) > Mormyridae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]
To WoRMS 
Website and databases developed and hosted by VLIZ · Page generated 2024-04-19 · contact: info@irmng.org
This service is powered by LifeWatch Belgium
Learn more»