Boulengeromyrus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Boulengeromyrus Taverne & Géry, 1968 |
| Species: | B. knoepffleri
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| Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri Taverne & Géry, 1968
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Boulengeromyrus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Mormyridae, the elephantfishes. The only species in the genus is Knoepffler's elephantfish (Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri).[1] It occurs only in the Ivindo River and the Ntem River basins of Gabon and Cameroon. It reaches a maximum length of about 41 cm (16 in).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri". FishBase. May 2018 version.
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