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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