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Paraphyletic taxon: Family Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1831 - elephantfishes (fish)

Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			(Bonaparte, 1831)
Unavailable original name & rank	:			Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 41 ("Ordine. I Mormirimi."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Original name	:			Bonaparte, 1831: 160, 180. [subfamily "Mormyrini"].
Subsequent rank	:
Source for the authorship	:			van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 29 ("Bonaparte 1831").

Types

Nominotypical taxon of	:	*Mormyroidei* (Suborder)
Type	:	*Mormyrus* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; [<13 May 2025]. [inferred]

Synonyms

Including

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Gymnarchidae (Family) Bleeker, 1859

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name

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Nijlsnoeken

Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name	:	elephantfishes	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 159; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
	:	elephantfishes	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2452.
	:	snout fishes	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 682.

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