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Gnathonemus
Gnathonemus petersii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Gnathonemus T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Mormyrus petersii Günther, 1862
Species
see text

Gnathonemus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Mormyridae, the elephantfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in subsaharan Africa.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

• Gnathonemus barbatus Poll 1967 (Angolan mormyrid)
• Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus Pellegrin 1924 (Blunt-jawed elephantnose)
• Gnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf 1888) (Longnose stonebasher)
• Gnathonemus petersii (Günther 1862) (Peters's elephantnose fish)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Mormyridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gnathonemus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
3. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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