ADW: Mormyrus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Osteoglossiformes
        
        Family Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
        
        Genus Mormyrus
        
        Species Mormyrus bernhardi (Bernhard's elephant-snout fish)
        
        Species Mormyrus caballus
        
        Species Mormyrus casalis
        
        Species Mormyrus caschive
        
        Species Mormyrus cyaneus
        
        Species Mormyrus felixi
        
        Species Mormyrus goheeni
        
        Species Mormyrus hasselquistii (Elephant snout)
        
        Species Mormyrus hildebrandti (Hildebrandt's elephant-snout fish)
        
        Species Mormyrus iriodes
        
        Species Mormyrus kannume (Bottlenose)
        
        Species Mormyrus lacerda (Bottle-nose)
        
        Species Mormyrus longirostris (Eastern bottlenose)
        
        Species Mormyrus macrocephalus
        
        Species Mormyrus macrophthalmus (Mormyrids)
        
        Species Mormyrus niloticus
        
        Species Mormyrus ovis
        
        Species Mormyrus rume
        
        Species Mormyrus subundulatus
        
        Species Mormyrus tapirus (Trunkfish)
        
        Species Mormyrus tenuirostris (Athi elephant-snout fish)
        
        Species Mormyrus thomasi

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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