Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Genus Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Osteoglossiformes

Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1831

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

VertebrataCuvier, 1812accepted genus name
Agnatha Cope, 1889 taxonomically included in
Gnathostomata von Zittel, 1879 taxonomically included in

Family group names

Myomyrus Boulenger, 1898 taxonomically included in

Children

Myomyrus Boulenger, 1898

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: elephantfishes

Literature

basis of record

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

taxonomy source

Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1831. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154434

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2015-04-17 by Nicolas Bailly

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