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Mormyridae (elephantfish)
Taxonomy
Mormyridae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Scyphophori by Jordan (1963); and to Osteoglossiformes by Sereno et al. (2008), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Scyphophori by Jordan (1963); and to Osteoglossiformes by Sereno et al. (2008), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Mormyridae Jordan p. 624 |
| 2008 | Mormyridae Sereno et al. |
| 2013 | Mormyridae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Mormyridae Nelson et al. p. 159 |
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Fm. Mormyridae [elephantfish]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available