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

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Osteoglossomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                           Order Osteoglossiformes Berg, 1940 - bonytongues
                                                                             Family Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1831 [paraphyletic] - elephantfishes
                                                                               01 Genus Boulengeromyrus Taverne & Géry, 1968 [monotypic]
                                                                               02 Genus Brevimyrus Taverne, 1971
                                                                               03 Genus Brienomyrus Taverne, 1971
                                                                               04 Genus Campylomormyrus Bleeker, 1874
                                                                               05 Genus Cryptomyrus Sullivan, Lavoué & Hopkins, 2016
                                                                               06 Genus Cyphomyrus Myers, 1960
                                                                               07 Genus Genyomyrus Boulenger, 1898 [monotypic]
                                                                               08 Genus Gnathonemus Gill, 1863 - elephant fishes
                                                                               09 Genus Heteromormyrus Steindachner, 1866 [monotypic]
                                                                               10 Genus Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906
                                                                               11 Genus Hyperopisus Gill, 1862 [monotypic]
                                                                               12 Genus Isichthys Gill, 1863 [monotypic]
                                                                               13 Genus Ivindomyrus Taverne & Géry, 1975
                                                                               14 Genus Marcusenius Gill, 1862
                                                                               15 Genus Mormyrops Müller, 1843
                                                                               16 Genus Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                               17 Genus Myomyrus Boulenger, 1898
                                                                               18 Genus Oxymormyrus Bleeker, 1874
                                                                               19 Genus Paramormyrops Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
                                                                               20 Genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854
                                                                               21 Genus Pollimyrus Taverne, 1971
                                                                               22 Genus Stomatorhinus Boulenger, 1898

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