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Mormyridae
Campylomormyrus
elephas
(Boulenger, 1898)
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Nomenclature
Subfamily:
Mormyrinae
Genus:
Campylomormyrus
Species:
Campylomormyrus
elephas
(Boulenger, 1898)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Première Partie. Mormyres
p. 12, Pl. 5 (fig. 1)
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Elephant-trunk mormyrid
Synonyms, objective (homotypic):
Gnathonemus elephas Boulenger, 1898
Type material:
Syntypes: BMNH 1898.11.12.20 (1), MRAC 128 (1).
Type locality:
Upoto (now Lisala), Equateur, D.R. Congo
Media
Campylomormyrus elephas 117 mm SL
Campylomormyrus elephas 117 mm SL
Gnathonemus elephas Boulenger (= Campylomormyrus elephas) syntype MRAC 128
Gnathonemus elephas Boulenger (= Campylomormyrus elephas) syntype MRAC 128
Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger) 250 mm TL, Muita River, affluent of Luembe River, Angola. From Poll (1967).
Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger) 250 mm TL, Muita River, affluent of Luembe River, Angola. From Poll (1967).
Campylomormyrus elephas 117 mm SL
Gnathonemus elephas Boulenger (= Campylomormyrus elephas) syntype MRAC 128
Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger) 250 mm TL, Muita River, affluent of Luembe River, Angola. From Poll (1967).
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
