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Paraphyletic taxon: Family Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1831 - elephantfishes (fish)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopterygii - (Order) Osteoglossiformes

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 107.

Current position

Notopteroidei (Suborder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 104 [Li & Wilson, 1996]. [by reference]

Alternative positions

Isospondyli (Order) Cope, 1887
Mormyriformes (Order) Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 861.
Mormyroidei (Suborder) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 604.
Osteoglossiformes (Order) Berg, 1940 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 133.
Scyphophori (Suborder) Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 124.

Historical positions

Osteoglossiformes (Order) Berg, 1940 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Osteoglossiformes (Order) Berg, 1940 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 27.
Osteoglossiformes (Order) Berg, 1940 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 133.
Osteoglossiformes (Order) Berg, 1940 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 107; 104.
Osteoglossiformes (Order) Berg, 1940 Ref: 1998
Osteoglossiformes (Order) Berg, 1940 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2452.
Mormyroidei (Suborder) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 604.
Mormyriformes (Order) Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 861.
Osteoglossomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 682. [rough position]
Scyphophori (Suborder) Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 124.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 19g;192s;28ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [19g;192s;28ss]
2011 W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 27 21g;195s
2003 W.E. Bemis: 24 Jun 2003 [18g; †0g]
1982 R.A. Fritzsche: 861 10g;100s
1979 T.I. Storer et al. ~150s
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024