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Centriscus niloticus Bloch & Schneider (=Mormyrus niloticus), Plate 30 from Bloch, M. E. and J. G. Schneider 1801

Mormyrus proboscirostris in fisherman's camp, Mambili River, Odzala Park, Republic of Congo

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 caballus Boulenger holotype (unique) MRAC 125, Upoto (=Lisala), Congo

Mormyrus curvifrons Pellegrin (= Mormyrus caballus) syntypes MNHN 1986-0335 (1), 1986-0336 (1)

Mormyrus jae Boulenger (= Mormyrus caballus bumbanus) holotype (unique) BMNH 1920.5.17.4, Ja (or Dja) River, southern Cameroon

Mormyrus cyaneus holotype 153 mm SL, MCZ 50497, lower Congo River at Inga

Mormyrus iriodes Roberts & Stewart holotype 160 mm SL MCZ 50499, (lower) Congo River at Inga

Mormyrus nacra Valenciennes (=Mormyrus kannume Forskål) No type, based on drawing.

Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington, Lakes Kwania and Kioga; Victoria Nile, Uganda, syntype ( 1 of 17) BMNH 1929.1.24.24-29

Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, holotype (unique), MNHN A-9626, Senegal River

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

Mormyrus cyaneus holotype 153 mm SL, MCZ 50497, lower Congo River at Inga

Mormyrus iriodes Roberts & Stewart holotype 160 mm SL MCZ 50499, (lower) Congo River at Inga

Mormyrus caballus caballus Boulenger, 148 mm TL, Luachimo River, Angola. Illustration of holotype from Poll (1967).

Mormyrus ellenbergeri Pellegrin, 360 mm TL, Lake Calundo, affluent of Luena River (Upper Zambesi), Angola. From Poll (1967).

Mormyrus tapirus EOD waveform

Mormyrus niloticus (center) in market in Gambella, Ethiopia

Mormyrus proboscirostris Boulenger, 1898 185 mm SL, JPS-539, UNIKIS-10-082, Wagenia Falls, Kisangani

Mormyrus proboscirostris Boulenger 245 mm SL, JPS-544, Wagenia Falls, D.R. Congo

Mormyrus hasselquistii CU 94650, Alwero River below dam (White Nile), Gambella, Ethiopia

Mormyrus caballus, 125 mm SL, tag no. JPF-1895, field no. UNIKIS-059, Wagenia rapids area, Kisangani, D.R. Congo

Mormyrus caballus Boulenger Lékoli River, Odzala National Park, Republic of Congo

Mormyrus bernhardi Pellegrin holotype (unique) MNHN 1926-0278, Nairobi, Kenya

Mormyrus bumbanus Boulenger holotype (unique) BMNH 1909.7.9.25, Bumba River at Assobam, southern Cameroon

Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes 1847 Lectotype MNHN 9619, Nile River, Egypt

Mormyrus agnus Pappenheim (=Mormyrus hasselquistii) Niger River, Togo holotype (unique) ZMB 16440

Mormyrus hildebrandti Peters, Adi (Athi) River in Ukamba, East Africa (Kenya), holotype (unique): ZMB 11899

Mormyrus niloticus Bloch and Scheider BMNH 1907.12.2:410 (1444)

Mormyrus geoffroyi Valenciennes (=Mormyrus niloticus Bloch & Schneider) Nile River, syntype MNHN A-9625

Mormyrus jubelini Valenciennes (=Mormyrus rume Valenciennes), holotype (unique) MNHN A-0936, Senegal.

Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim syntype BMNH 1907.12.3.3

Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim 160mm SL, Sanaga River, Cameroon

Illustration of Scrophicephalus longipinnis Swainson, 1838, synonym of Mormyrus caschive L.

EOD waveform of Mormyrus caballus JPF-1803

Mormyrus caballus JPF-1804 EOD waveform

Mormyrus caballus from Mambili River, Odzala National Park, Repubic of Congo

Mormyrus tapirus spec. no. 6071 Sanaga River, Cameroon

Mormyrus asinus Boulenger, holotype (unique) MRAC 14166, Lake Moero [Lake Mweru], Democratic Republic of Congo

Mormyrus oxyrhynchus Lacepède, 1803, Nile River, Egypt, lectotype MNHN A-9627

Mormyrus longirostris Peters, Mozambique, photo believed to be one of three syntypes in ZMB.

Mormyrus mucupe Peters (=Mormyrus longirostris Peters), Mozambique, lectotype ZMB 3670

Mormyrus subundulatus holotype (top), Bandama River, Côte d'Ivoire

Mormyrus caschive Linneaus, 1758. Specimen BMNH 1862.6.17.18 collected by Petherick in Khartoum, Sudan

Mormyrus caschive, Baro River, Gambella, Ethiopia, CU 94651

Mormryus ovis Boulenger, Upoto (=Lisala), MIddle Congo River, holotype (unique), MRAC 132

Mormyrus longipinnis Rüppell (= Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus 1758), 3 syntypes from BMNH 1860.11.9.133-136, Lower Nile, Egypt

Mormyrus rume proboscirostris Boulenger, 395 mm TL, Luachimo River, Angola. From Poll (1967).

Mormyrus caballus EOD waveform, head positivity upwards, 24°C.

Mormyrus caballus lualabae Reizer holotype MRAC 70080, Kindu, Lualaba (Upper Congo) R., D.R. Congo.jpeg

Ancient Egyptian depiction of a Mormyrus (Oxyrhynchus)

Mormyrus tenuirostris MNHN-IC-1926-0279, Athi River, Nairobi, Kenya

Mormyrus rume at Asejire Resevoir, Osun River, Nigeria

Mormyrus rume, Omo River Nigeria

Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther holotype BMNH 1863.7.30.4

Mormyrus rume on Benoué.jpg

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