A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Mormyridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri Taverne & Géry, 1968 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brienomyrus adustus (Fowler, 1936) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brienomyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campylomormyrus christyi (Boulenger, 1920) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger, 1898) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campylomormyrus mirus (Boulenger, 1898) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campylomormyrus numenius (Boulenger, 1898) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campylomormyrus phantasticus (Pellegrin, 1927) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus (Boulenger, 1898) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campylomormyrus tamandua (Günther, 1864) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campylomormyrus tshokwe (Poll, 1967) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki (Poll, 1945) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyphomyrus lufirae Mulelenu, Katemo Manda, Decru, Chocha Manda & Vreven, 2020 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyphomyrus macrops (Boulenger, 1909) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyphomyrus petherici (Boulenger, 1898) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger, 1897) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyphomyrus wilverthi (Boulenger, 1898) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Genyomyrus donnyi Boulenger, 1898 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gnathonemus barbatus Poll, 1967 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus Pellegrin, 1924 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf, 1888) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gnathonemus petersii (Günther, 1862) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heteromormyrus dolichorhynchus Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona, 2025 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heteromormyrus ndauorum Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona, 2025 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heteromormyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger, 1910) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heteromormyrus szaboi (Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2004) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus grahami (Norman, 1928) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus harringtoni (Boulenger, 1905) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus macroterops (Boulenger, 1920) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus pictus (Marcusen, 1864) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus weeksii (Boulenger, 1902) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède, 1803) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Isichthys henryi Gill, 1863 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ivindomyrus marchei (Sauvage, 1879) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ivindomyrus opdenboschi Taverne & Géry, 1975 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius abadii (Boulenger, 1901) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius altisambesi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius angolensis (Boulenger, 1905) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius annamariae (Parenzan, 1939) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius bentleyi (Boulenger, 1897) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius caudisquamatus Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius cuangoanus (Poll, 1967) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius deboensis (Daget, 1954) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius desertus Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2016 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius devosi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.