Mormyrus

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}

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| image = Mormyrus.jpg

| taxon = Mormyrus

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms =

  • Mormyrodes Gill 1862
  • Mormyrus (Scrophicephalus) Swainson 1838
  • Scrophicephalus (Swainson 1838)
  • Solenomormyrus Bleeker 1874

}}

Mormyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish.{{cite journal |last1=Bullock |first1=Theodore H. |author1-link=Theodore Holmes Bullock |last2=Bodznick |first2=D. A. |last3=Northcutt |first3=R. G. |date=1983 |title=The phylogenetic distribution of electroreception: Evidence for convergent evolution of a primitive vertebrate sense modality |journal=Brain Research Reviews |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=25–46 |doi=10.1016/0165-0173(83)90003-6 |pmid=6616267 |hdl=2027.42/25137 |s2cid=15603518 |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/25137/1/0000573.pdf |hdl-access=free }}

Species

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There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:{{Cite web|title=Mormyridae |url=http://deeplyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Family-Mormyridae-PDF.pdf |website=Deeplyfish- fishes of the world|access-date=18 May 2017}}{{FishBase genus | genus = Mormyrus| month = June | year = 2017}}

In culture

{{Excerpt|Mormyridae#In culture}}

References

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Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Ray-finned fish genera

Category:Weakly electric fish

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