Mormyrinae Bonaparte, 1831

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Mormryus ovis Boulenger, Upoto (=Lisala), MIddle Congo River, holotype (unique), MRAC 132
Illustration of Scrophicephalus longipinnis Swainson, 1838, synonym of Mormyrus caschive L.
Centriscus niloticus Bloch & Schneider (=Mormyrus niloticus), Plate 30 from Bloch, M. E. and J. G. Schneider 1801
Mormyrus caballus, 205 mm SL, tag no. JPF-1803, field no. JPS/UNIKIS-10-46, 22-Jul-2010, Ituri R., Adusa, Orientale, D.R. Congo
Mormyrus caschive Linneaus, 1758. Specimen BMNH 1862.6.17.18 collected by Petherick in Khartoum, Sudan
Mormyrus niloticus (center) in market in Gambella, Ethiopia
Mormyrus curvifrons Pellegrin (= Mormyrus caballus) syntypes MNHN 1986-0335 (1), 1986-0336 (1)
Mormyrus caschive, Baro River, Gambella, Ethiopia, CU 94651
Mormyrus caballus caballus Boulenger, 148 mm TL, Luachimo River, Angola. Illustration of holotype from Poll (1967).
Mormyrus longipinnis Rüppell (= Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus 1758), 3 syntypes from BMNH 1860.11.9.133-136, Lower Nile, Egypt
Mormyrus geoffroyi Valenciennes (=Mormyrus niloticus Bloch & Schneider) Nile River, syntype MNHN A-9625
Mormyrus caballus, 125 mm SL, tag no. JPF-1895, field no. UNIKIS-059, Wagenia rapids area, Kisangani, D.R. Congo
Marcusenius batesii Boulenger syntypes- BMNH 1906.5.26.159-160 (2).jpeg
Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, holotype (unique), MNHN A-9626, Senegal River
Mormyrus caballus Boulenger Lékoli River, Odzala National Park, Republic of Congo
Mormyrus oxyrhynchus Lacepède, 1803, Nile River, Egypt, lectotype MNHN A-9627

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Six genera of Mormyrinae: top: Isichthys, Pollimyrus, middle: Campylomormyrus, Mormyrus, bottom: Paramormyrops, Stomatorhinus