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Children with plastic fish traps, Village of Loa Loa, Ivindo River, Gabon

Photograph of a preserved specimen of Petrocephalus arnegardi from Odzala National Park

Pollimyrus isidori, below Alwero dam at Abobo (White Nile), Gambella, Ethiopia

Marcusenius squalostoma Boulenger (= Petrocephalus squalostoma) syntype MRAC 14353, Lukinda River-L.Moero, D.R. Congo

Mormyrus thomasi Pellegrin, holotype MNHN 1938-0029, French Congo, presumably Congo basin, precise locality unknown

Marcusenius batesii Boulenger (= Paramormyrops batesii) syntypes BMNH 1906.5.26.159-160, Kribi River at Efulen, Cameroon

Pollimyrus isidori, Alwero River (White Nile) below dam at Abobo, Gambella, Ethiopia

Hippopotamyrus szaboi Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, Upper Zambezi River system at Katima Mulilo, 17°29'30"S, 24°16'18"E, Namibia

Hippopotamyrus pictus female, Baro River, Gambela, Ethiopia, 279 mm SL

Gnathonemus barbatus Poll, 1967 holotype MD 6149

Marcusenius brachyistius Gill (=Brienomyrus brachyistius) holotype USNM 4098

Petrocephalus degeni Boulenger holotype BMNH 1906.5.30.84, Mouth of Katonga River, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza], Uganda

Campylomormyrus numenius, 510 mm SL, Kikongo, near Wagenia, Kisangani, D.R. Congo.

Cyphomyrus weeksii female, 143 mm SL, specimen no. 5134, Lékoli River, Odzala National Park, Republic of Congo

Mormyrops curviceps Roman, holotype MRAC 140934, Bougouriba River, tributary of the Black Volta, near Daragré [Burkina Faso]

Hippopotamyrus ansorgii syntypes BMNH 1905.5.29.62-63, Benguella to Biha, Angola

Marcusenius schilthuisiae, male, Odzala Park, Republic of Congo

Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer & van der Bank holotype ZSM 28556, male, 114 mm SL, Sabie River, South Africa

Campylomormyrus compressirostris (Pellegrin 1924) holotype

Mormyrus swanenburgi Schilthuis (= Mormyrops anguilloides) holotype BMNH 1899.9.6.17, Kinshasa, Stanley Pool, D.R. Congo

Marcusenius altisembesi, Mambova Rapids, Zambezi R., Zambia

Myomyrus pharao holotype

Myomyrus macrodon holotype

Pollimyrus eburneensis (Bigorne 1990)

Cyphomyrus weeksii, Lékoli River, Republic of Congo

Hippopotamyrus macroterops syntype BMNH 1919.9.10.36, Poko, Haut-Uélé, D.R. Congo

Holotype of Pollimyrus maculipinnis (=Marcusenius maculipinnis) AMNH 12355, Luluabourg [Kananga], Kasai District, Democratic Republic of Congo

Pollimyrus schreyeni Poll 1972, aquarium specimen

Pollimyrus adspersus (=Mormyrus adspersus Günther) syntypes, BMNH 1865.5.3.41

Pollimyrus schreyeni Poll holotype, Boende, D.R. Congo

Pollimyrus schreyeni Poll paratypes, Boende, D.R. Congo

Pollimyrus brevis (=Marcusenius brevis Boulenger) holotype, Uélé River at Dungu, D.R. Congo

Pollimyrus castelnaui (=Marcusenius castelnaui Boulenger) syntypes, Lake Ngami basin, Bechuanaland [Botswana]

Gnathonemus bruyerei Pellegrin (=Marcusenius ussheri) holotype

Holotype of Marcusenius retrodorsalis Nichols & Griscom 1917 (=Paramormyrops retrodorsalis), Niapu, Congo, AMNH 6933.

Mormyrops anguilloides & children, Aruwimi River, D.R. Congo

Holotype of Marcusenius jacksoni Poll (=Paramormyrops jacksoni), MD 5575

Wand electrode for detecting mormyrid EODs

Marcusenius pongolensis, M. krameri, M. lucombesi and M. caudisquamatus

type of Mormyrus joannisii Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1847 (synonym of Petrocephalus bane)

Marcusenius nigripinnis Boulenger (=Pollimyrus nigripinnis) holotype

Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus holotype

Gnathonemus longibarbis from the Kalambo River, an affluent of southern Lake Tanganyika, Zambia

Head of Gnathonemus longibarbis from the Kalambo River, Zambia

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Teeth of Cryptomyrus ogoouensis (left) and C. ona (center, right)

Holotype of Cryptomyrus ona MNHN 2003-0425

Non-type specimen of Cryptomyrus ona CUMV 98647

Cryptomyrus ogoouensis holotype

Marcusenius desertus holotype and paratype

Holotype of Hippopotamyrus harringtoni (=Marcusenius harringtoni Boulenger)

Petrocephalus leo

Petrocephalus pellegrini (Syntype)

Petrocephalus affinis (Holotype)

Petrocephalus bane bane (Holotype)

Petrocephalus bovei (Syntype)

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