Family Mormyridae (elephantfish)
Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes - Mormyridae
Parent taxon: Osteoglossiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sereno et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Arapaimidae, Foreyichthyidae, Gymnarchidae, Heterosteoglossum, Lopadichthys, Monopteros, Notopteridae, Opsithrissops, Osteoglossidae, Osteoglossoidei, Saurocephalidae, Tongxinichthys, Wakinoichthiidae, Wilsonichthys, Xixiaichthys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: