Oxymormyrus

Oxymormyrus is a small genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. Its members reach about 25 - 27 cm in length and are restricted to the Congo, Campo, Kouilou-Niari, Nyanga and Ogowe river basins in Middle Africa.

Taxonomy and species


The validity of this genus is disputed. Catalog of Fishes only includes one species, while a second (marked with a star* in the list) occasionally has been included. Both these are placed in Mormyrops by FishBase.


 * Oxymormyrus boulengeri (Pellegrin, 1900) (Alima River mormyrid)
 * Oxymormyrus zanclirostris* (Günther, 1867) (Pool elephantfish)