Gnathonemus

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Gnathonemus
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Gnathonemus petersii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus: Gnathonemus
T. N. Gill, 1863
Species

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Gnathonemus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.

Species[]

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Poll 1967 (Angolan mormyrid)
  • Pellegrin 1924 (Blunt-jawed elephantnose)
  • Gnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf 1888) (Longnose stonebasher)
  • Gnathonemus petersii (Günther 1862) (Peters's elephantnose fish)

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Gnathonemus in FishBase. June 2011 version.
  2. ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.


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