Cyphomyrus

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Cyphomyrus psittacus.jpg | image_caption = ''Cyphomyrus psittacus'' | taxon = Cyphomyrus | authority = [[George S. Myers|Myers]], 1960 | type_species = ''Mormyrus psittacus'' | type_species_authority = [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1897 }}

'''''Cyphomyrus''''' is a genus of [[ray-finned fish]] in the family [[Mormyridae]], the freshwater elephantfishes.

== Species == The following 9 species are currently assigned to this genus:<ref name="FishBase" />

* ''[[Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki]]'' {{Small|([[Max Poll|Poll]], 1945)}} * ''[[Cyphomyrus cubangoensis]]'' {{Small|([[Jacques Pellegrin|Pellegrin]], 1936)}} * ''[[Cyphomyrus discorhynchus]]'' {{Small|([[Wilhelm Peters|Peters]], 1852)}} (Zambezi parrotfish) * ''[[Cyphomyrus grahami]]'' <small>([[John Roxborough Norman|Norman]] 1928)</small> (Graham's stonebasher) * ''[[Cyphomyrus lufirae]]'' {{Small|[[Mukweze Mulelenu|Mulelenu]] ''et al.'', 2020}}<ref name="Mulelenu2020" /> * ''[[Cyphomyrus macrops]]'' {{Small|([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1909)}} * ''[[Cyphomyrus psittacus]]'' {{Small|(Boulenger, 1897)}} * ''[[Cyphotamyrus weeksii]]'' <small>([Boulenger, 1902)</small> (Weeks' mormyrid) * ''[[Cyphomyrus wilverthi]]'' {{Small|(Boulenger, 1898)}}

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="FishBase">{{FishBase genus|genus=Cyphomyrus|month=July|year=2021}}</ref> <ref name="Mulelenu2020">{{cite journal |last1=Mukweze Mulelenu |first1=C. |last2=Katemo Manda |first2=B. |last3=Decru |first3=E. |last4=Chocha Manda |first4=A. |last5=Vreven |first5=E. |title=The ''Cyphomyrus'' Myers 1960 (Osteoglossiformes: Mormyridae) of the Lufira basin (Upper Lualaba: DR Congo): A generic reassignment and the description of a new species |journal=Journal of Fish Biology |date=2020 |volume=96 |issue=5 |pages=1123–1141 |doi=10.1111/jfb.14237|pmid=31856294 |bibcode=2020JFBio..96.1123M }}</ref> }}

[[Category:Mormyridae]] [[Category:Actinopterygii genera]]