This site uses a classification that follows Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (September, 2021) with the following exceptions:
We recognize Campylomormyrus compressirostris (Pellegrin, 1924) as a valid species following Feulner et al. (2007).
Pollimyrus kingsleyae eburneensis Bigorne, 1990 is treated as Pollimyrus eburneensis (Bigorne, 1990).
Petrocephalus guttatus Fowler, 1936 is treated as Pollimyrus guttatus (Fowler, 1936).
Pollimyrus isidori fasciaticeps (Boulenger, 1920) is treated as Pollimyrus fasciaticeps (Boulenger, 1920).
Pollimyrus isidori osborni (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) is treated at Pollimyrus osborni (Nichols & Griscom, 1917).
We recognize Pollimyrus plagiostoma (Boulenger 1898) as the current valid combination for this taxon and do not place it Cyphomyrus, per Stiassny et al. 2021.
Please cite this Scratchpad as follows:
Sullivan, J.P. and Lavoué, S. (year accessed) Mormyridae - African Weakly Electric Fishes Scratchpad. Accessed at http://mormyrids.efishgenomics.com on date accessed.
For a particular piece of content (text or image), look for author/license holder on the page and cite as follows:
Author(s). (Year accessed). Mormyridae - African Weakly Electric Fishes Scratchpad. Accessed at URL of page on date accessed.
Mintotom mi ne vé ? means "where are the mormyrids?" in the Fang language of Gabon. The singular word for "mormyrid" in Fang is "ntotom."