Pollimyrus

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

Pollimyrus
Pollimyrus plagiostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Osteoglossiformes
Family:
Mormyridae
Subfamily:
Mormyrinae
Genus:
Pollimyrus

Taverne, 1971
Type species
Mormyrus isidori
Valenciennes, 1846

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 isidori fasciaticeps (Boulenger 1920)
    • Pollimyrus isidori isidori (Valenciennes 1847)
    • Pollimyrus isidori osborni (Nichols & Griscom 1917)
  • 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
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Pollimyrus in FishBase. May 2018 version.
  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.


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