Heteromormyrus | |
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Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Mormyridae |
Genus: | Heteromormyrus Steindachner, 1866 |
Type species | |
Mormyrus pauciradiatus Steindachner, 1866[1]
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Species | |
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Heteromormyrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Mormyridae, the elephantfishes. These fishes are found in southern and central Africa in Angola, Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, maybe, Zimbabwe.[2]