Boulengeromyrus

Genus of ray-finned fishes

Boulengeromyrus
Adult above, juvenile below
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus: Boulengeromyrus
Taverne & Géry, 1968
Species:
B. knoepffleri
Binomial name
Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri
Taverne & Géry, 1968

Knoepffler's elephantfish (Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri) is a species of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae being the only member of its genus.[1] It occurs only in the Ivindo River and the Ntem River basins of Gabon and Cameroon. It reaches a maximum length of about 41 cm (16 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri" in FishBase. May 2018 version.
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Taxon identifiers
Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri


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