Animalia > Chordata > Osteoglossiformes > Mormyridae > Cyphomyrus > Cyphomyrus discorhynchus

Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Zambezi parrotfish; Zambesi parrotfish; Parrotfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Zambezi Parrotfish (Cyphomyrus discorhynchus) is an elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. It is currently the only member of its genus. It occurs in several river systems across central Africa. It grows to a length of 31 cm.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Moremi Game Reserve IV 1214686 Botswana  

Prey / Diet

Povilla adusta (African burrowing mayfly)[1]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0