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Taxon: Genus Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758 (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
                                                                               Genus Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                 01 Mormyrus bernhardi Pellegrin, 1926
                                                                                 02 Mormyrus caballus Boulenger, 1898
                                                                                 03 Mormyrus casalis Vinciguerra, 1922
                                                                                 04 Mormyrus caschive C. Linnaeus, 1758, pro syn.
                                                                                 05 Mormyrus cyaneus Roberts & Stewart, 1976
                                                                                 06 Mormyrus felixi Pellegrin, 1939
                                                                                 07 Mormyrus goheeni Fowler, 1919
                                                                                 08 Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1847
                                                                                 09 Mormyrus iriodes Roberts & Stewart, 1976
                                                                                 10.1 Mormyrus kannume Forsskål, 1775 - elephant-snout fish
                                                                                 10.2 Mormyrus hildebrandti Peters, 1882
                                                                                 11 Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau, 1861 - bottle-nose
                                                                                 12 Mormyrus longirostris Peters, 1852 - eastern bottlenose mormyrid
                                                                                 13 Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington, 1929
                                                                                 14 Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866
                                                                                 15 Mormyrus niloticus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
                                                                                 16 Mormyrus ovis Boulenger, 1898
                                                                                 17 Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
                                                                                 18 Mormyrus subundulatus Roberts, 1989
                                                                                 19 Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim, 1905
                                                                                 20 Mormyrus tenuirostris Peters, 1882
                                                                                 21 Mormyrus thomasi Pellegrin, 1938

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