Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
- Name authority
- Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Osteoglossiformes
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Genus
- Paramormyrops
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderOsteoglossiformes
- familyMormyridae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusParamormyrops Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
- speciesParamormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Paramormyrops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther, 1896) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramormyrops ntotom Rich, Sullivan & Hopkins, 2017 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll, 1967) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Taverne, L., Thys van den Audenaerde, D. F. E., & Heymer, A. (1977). Paramormyrops gabonensis nov. gen., nov. sp. du nord du Gabon (Pisces Mormyridae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 91 (3): 634–640. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4D3VH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.