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Paraphyletic taxon: Family Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1831 - elephantfishes (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     [crown] Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       [crown] Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         [crown] Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
                                             Myopterygii - myopterygians
                                               Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                 Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
                                                   Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
                                                     Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
                                                       [crown] Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                         Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                           Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                             Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                                                               Cohort Osteoglossomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                 Order Osteoglossiformes Berg, 1940 - bonytongues
                                                                   [crown] Suborder Notopteroidei
                                                                     Family Mormyridae Bonaparte, 1831 [paraphyletic] - elephantfishes
                                                                       01 Genus Boulengeromyrus Taverne & Géry, 1968 [monotypic]
                                                                       02 Genus Brienomyrus Taverne, 1971
                                                                       03 Genus Campylomormyrus Bleeker, 1874
                                                                       04 Genus Genyomyrus Boulenger, 1898 [monotypic]
                                                                       05 Genus Gnathonemus Gill, 1862 - elephant fishes
                                                                       06 Genus Heteromormyrus Steindachner, 1866 [monotypic]
                                                                       07 Genus Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906
                                                                       08 Genus Hyperopisus Gill, 1862 [monotypic]
                                                                       09 Genus Isichthys Gill, 1862 [monotypic]
                                                                       10 Genus Ivindomyrus Taverne & Géry, 1969
                                                                       11 Genus Marcusenius Gill, 1862
                                                                       12 Genus Mormyrops Müller, 1853
                                                                       13 Genus Mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                       14 Genus Myomyrus Boulenger 1898
                                                                       15 Genus Oxymormyrus Bleeker, 1874
                                                                       16 Genus Paramormyrops Taverne et al., 1977
                                                                       17 Genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854
                                                                       18 Genus Pollimyrus Taverne, 1971
                                                                       19 Genus Stomatorhinus Boulenger, 1898

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