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Cyphomyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderOsteoglossiformes
  5. FamilyMormyridae
Habitatfreshwater

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Specimen records
3
Family
Mormyridae
Collections
CUMV
Recorded in
Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Congo

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Parent taxon
Mormyridae
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taxon name
Cyphomyrus
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Category:Cyphomyrus
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Cyphomyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes.

== Species == The following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus: Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki Cyphomyrus cubangoensis Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Zambezi parrotfish) Cyphomyrus grahami (Norman 1928) (Graham's stonebasher) Cyphomyrus lufirae Cyphomyrus macrops Cyphomyrus psittacus Cyphotamyrus weeksii ([Boulenger, 1902) (Weeks' mormyrid) Cyphomyrus wilverthi

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