Zambezi parrotfish
| Zambezi Parrotfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Subfamily: | Mormyrinae |
| Genus: | Cyphomyrus Pappenheim, 1906 |
| Species: | C. discorhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (W. K. H. Peters, 1852) | |
The Zambezi Parrotfish (Cyphomyrus discorhynchus) is an elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. It is currently the only member of its genus. It occurs in several river systems across central Africa. It grows to a length of 31 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Cyphomyrus discorhynchus" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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