Oxymormyrus
Oxymormyrus is a small genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. Its members reach about 25–27 cm (10–11 in) in length and are restricted to the Congo, Campo, Kouilou-Niari, Nyanga and Ogowe river basins in Middle Africa.
| Oxymormyrus | |
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| Oxymormyrus boulengeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Subfamily: | Mormyrinae |
| Genus: | Oxymormyrus Bleeker, 1874 |
Taxonomy and species
The validity of this genus is disputed. Catalog of Fishes only includes one species, while a second (marked with a star* in the list) occasionally has been included. Both these are placed in Mormyrops by FishBase.
References
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