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Mormyridae
117 species in this family
The Mormyridae family includes 117 species in the guide. Browse them all below with photos, identification details and distribution — and identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.
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Ansorge's stonebasher
Hippopotamyrus ansorgii
Mormyridae
Ansorge's stonebasher
Petrocephalus ansorgii
Mormyridae
Balay's stonebasher
Petrocephalus balayi
Mormyridae
Bane stonebasher
Petrocephalus bane
Mormyridae
Bates's stonebasher
Paramormyrops batesii
Mormyridae
Bigeye mormyrid
Myomyrus macrops
Mormyridae
Bigtooth elephantfish
Myomyrus macrodon
Mormyridae
Black dwarf elephantfish
Brevimyrus niger
Mormyridae
Blackfin stonebasher
Pollimyrus nigripinnis
Mormyridae
Blunt-nosed elephantfish
Petrocephalus simus
Mormyridae
Boma mormyrid
Mormyrops curtus
Mormyridae
Bottle-nose
Mormyrus lacerda
Mormyridae
Bottlenose
Mormyrus kannume
Mormyridae
Bottlenose elephantfish
Mormyrus ovis
Mormyridae
Boulenger's mormyrid
Mormyrops boulengeri
Mormyridae
Brienomyrus elephantfish
Brienomyrus brachyistius
Mormyridae
Bruce's elephantfish
Marcusenius brucii
Mormyridae
Bulldog
Marcusenius macrolepidotus
Mormyridae
Cassai elephantfish
Campylomormyrus cassaicus
Mormyridae
Castor elephantfish
Hippopotamyrus castor
Mormyridae
Chin elephantfish
Marcusenius mento
Mormyridae
Christy's elephantfish
Campylomormyrus christyi
Mormyridae
Christy's stonebasher
Petrocephalus christyi
Mormyridae
Churchill
Petrocephalus catostoma
Mormyridae
Congo mormyrid
Mormyrus caballus
Mormyridae
Cornish jack
Mormyrops anguilloides
Mormyridae
Curvedsnout elephantfish
Campylomormyrus curvirostris
Mormyridae
Dark elephantfish
Mormyrops nigricans
Mormyridae
Dark stonebasher
Pollimyrus nigricans
Mormyridae
Donny's elephantfish
Genyomyrus donnyi
Mormyridae
Dwarf snoutfish
Mormyrops parvus
Mormyridae
Dwarf stonebasher
Pollimyrus castelnaui
Mormyridae
Eastern bottlenose
Mormyrus longirostris
Mormyridae
Eastern bottlenose
Petrocephalus wesselsi
Mormyridae
Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
Mormyrus caschive
Mormyridae
Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
Mormyrops attenuatus
Mormyridae
Elephant Fish
Pollimyrus isidori
Mormyridae
Elephant snout
Mormyrus hasselquistii
Mormyridae
Elephant-snout fish
Campylomormyrus elephas
Mormyridae
Elephantfish
Marcusenius abadii
Mormyridae
Elephantfish
Marcusenius angolensis
Mormyridae
Elephantfish
Pollimyrus pulverulentus
Mormyridae
Elephantfish
Hippopotamyrus macrops
Mormyridae
Elephantfish
Stomatorhinus humilior
Mormyridae
Elephantfish
Marcusenius leopoldianus
Mormyridae
Elephantfish
Mormyrops caballus
Mormyridae
Elephantfish
Stomatorhinus polylepis
Mormyridae
Elephantfish
Marcusenius furcidens
Mormyridae
Elephantnose fish
Gnathonemus petersii
Mormyridae
Elk snoutfish
Campylomormyrus alces
Mormyridae
Graham's stonebasher
Hippopotamyrus grahami
Mormyridae
Greshoff's elephantfish
Marcusenius greshoffii
Mormyridae
Harrington's elephantfish
Hippopotamyrus harringtoni
Mormyridae
Hauleville's stonebasher
Petrocephalus haullevillii
Mormyridae
Henry's mormyrid
Isichthys henryi
Mormyridae
Hopkins's stonebasher
Paramormyrops hopkinsi
Mormyridae
Hutereau's elephantfish
Petrocephalus hutereaui
Mormyridae
Ivindo stonebasher
Ivindomyrus marchei
Mormyridae
Jackson's elephantfish
Paramormyrops jacksoni
Mormyridae
Kingsley's elephantfish
Paramormyrops kingsleyae
Mormyridae
Knoepffler's elephantfish
Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri
Mormyridae
Lake Tanganyika sardine
Gnathonemus longibarbis
Mormyridae
Largeeye elephantfish
Petrocephalus grandoculis
Mormyridae
Leveque's elephantfish
Petrocephalus levequei
Mormyridae
Lined snoutfish
Mormyrops lineolatus
Mormyridae
Livingstone's mormyrid
Marcusenius livingstonii
Mormyridae
Long-snouted elephantfish
Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus
Mormyridae
Longanal stonebasher
Brienomyrus longianalis
Mormyridae
Longtail elephantfish
Paramormyrops longicaudatus
Mormyridae
Maria's elephantfish
Mormyrops mariae
Mormyridae
Marianne's elephantfish
Pollimyrus marianne
Mormyridae
Merona elephantfish
Marcusenius meronai
Mormyridae
Monteiro's snoutfish
Marcusenius monteiri
Mormyridae
Moore's elephantfish
Marcusenius moorii
Mormyridae
Mormyrids
Petrocephalus bovei
Mormyridae
Mormyrids
Mormyrus macrophthalmus
Mormyridae
Mormyrids
Mormyrus rume
Mormyridae
Ngai
Hyperopisus bebe
Mormyridae
Nile elephant-snout fish
Mormyrus niloticus
Mormyridae
Palespot elephantfish
Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus
Mormyridae
Parrot stonebasher
Hippopotamyrus psittacus
Mormyridae
Pharaoh elephantfish
Myomyrus pharao
Mormyridae
Sanaga elephantfish
Campylomormyrus phantasticus
Mormyridae
Sanaga elephantfish
Marcusenius sanagaensis
Mormyridae
Sauvage's stonebreaker
Petrocephalus sauvagii
Mormyridae
Schouteden's stonebasher
Petrocephalus schoutedeni
Mormyridae
Shorthead elephantfish
Mormyrops breviceps
Mormyridae
Sickle-snout elephantfish
Campylomormyrus numenius
Mormyridae
Sickle-snouted mormyrid
Mormyrops zanclirostris
Mormyridae
Slantmouth stonebasher
Pollimyrus plagiostoma
Mormyridae
Slender stonebasher
Mormyrops sirenoides
Mormyridae
Slendertail stonebasher
Petrocephalus tenuicauda
Mormyridae
Smalleye elephantfish
Petrocephalus microphthalmus
Mormyridae
Smalleye stomatorhine
Stomatorhinus microps
Mormyridae
Smallmouth elephantfish
Mormyrops engystoma
Mormyridae
Snoutfish
Paramormyrops sphekodes
Mormyridae
Speckled elephantfish
Pollimyrus adspersus
Mormyridae
Speckled stonebasher
Stomatorhinus puncticulatus
Mormyridae
Stanley's snoutfish
Marcusenius stanleyanus
Mormyridae
Stappers's elephantfish
Pollimyrus stappersii
Mormyridae
Sudan stonebasher
Petrocephalus soudanensis
Mormyridae
Taverne's elephantfish
Brienomyrus tavernei
Mormyridae
Thomas's elephantfish
Marcusenius thomasi
Mormyridae
Trunkfish
Hippopotamyrus pictus
Mormyridae
Trunkfish
Marcusenius cyprinoides
Mormyridae
Trunkfish
Marcusenius senegalensis
Mormyridae
Trunkfish
Mormyrus tapirus
Mormyridae
Trunkfish
Campylomormyrus tamandua
Mormyridae
Trunksnout elephantfish
Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus
Mormyridae
Ussher's elephantfish
Marcusenius ussheri
Mormyridae
Victoria stonebasher
Marcusenius victoriae
Mormyridae
Walker's elephantfish
Stomatorhinus walkeri
Mormyridae
Wavyline elephantfish
Mormyrus subundulatus
Mormyridae
Weeks's elephantfish
Hippopotamyrus weeksii
Mormyridae
Wilverth's stonebasher
Hippopotamyrus wilverthi
Mormyridae
Wonderful elephantfish
Campylomormyrus mirus
Mormyridae
Zambezi parrotfish
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus
Mormyridae