Order: Osteoglossiformes (Bony-tongue fishes)

Family: Arapaimidae (Bony-tongue fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Arapaima agassizii Unspecified
Arapaima gigas Unspecified
Arapaima leptosoma Unspecified
Arapaima mapae Unspecified
Heterotis niloticus African bony-tongue fish

Family: Gymnarchidae (Freshwater rat-tail fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Gymnarchus niloticus Freshwater rat-tail fish

Family: Hiodontidae (Moon-eye fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Hiodon alosoides Shad moon-eye fish
Hiodon tergisus Moon-eye fish

Family: Mormyridae (Elephant fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri Unspecified
Brevimyrus niger Unspecified
Brienomyrus adustus Unspecified
Brienomyrus brachyistius Unspecified
Brienomyrus longianalis Unspecified
Campylomormyrus alces Unspecified
Campylomormyrus bredoi Unspecified
Campylomormyrus cassaicus Unspecified
Campylomormyrus christyi Unspecified
Campylomormyrus compressirostris Unspecified
Campylomormyrus curvirostris Unspecified
Campylomormyrus elephas Unspecified
Campylomormyrus luapulaensis Unspecified
Campylomormyrus mirus Unspecified
Campylomormyrus numenius Unspecified
Campylomormyrus orycteropus Unspecified
Campylomormyrus phantasticus Unspecified
Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus Unspecified
Campylomormyrus tamandua Worm-jawed mormyrid
Campylomormyrus tshokwe Unspecified
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus Zambesi parrot-fish
Cryptomyrus ogoouensis Ogooue elephant fish
Cryptomyrus ona Nyanga elephant fish
Genyomyrus donnyi Unspecified
Gnathonemus barbatus Unspecified
Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus Blunt-jawed elephant-nose fish
Gnathonemus longibarbis Long-nose stone-basher fish
Gnathonemus petersii Peters' elephant-nose fish
Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus Unspecified
Hippopotamyrus aelsbroecki Unspecified
Hippopotamyrus ansorgii Slender stone-basher fish
Hippopotamyrus castor Unspecified
Hippopotamyrus grahami Graham's stone-basher fish
Hippopotamyrus harringtoni Harrington's stone-basher fish
Hippopotamyrus longilateralis Unspecified
Hippopotamyrus macrops Unspecified
Hippopotamyrus macroterops Unspecified
Hippopotamyrus pappenheimi Papperheim's stone-basher fish
Hippopotamyrus paugyi Unspecified
Hippopotamyrus pictus Unspecified
Hippopotamyrus psittacus Unspecified
Hippopotamyrus szaboi Szabo's stone-basher fish
Hippopotamyrus weeksii Weeks' stone-basher fish
Hippopotamyrus wilverthi Unspecified
Hyperopisus bebe Unspecified
Isichthys henryi Unspecified
Ivindomyrus marchei Unspecified
Ivindomyrus opdenboschi Unspecified
Marcusenius abadii Unspecified
Marcusenius altisambesi Unspecified
Marcusenius angolensis Unspecified
Marcusenius annamariae Unspecified
Marcusenius bentleyi Unspecified
Marcusenius brucii Unspecified
Marcusenius caudisquamatus Unspecified
Marcusenius cuangoanus Unspecified
Marcusenius cyprinoides Unspecified
Marcusenius deboensis Unspecified
Marcusenius desertus Unspecified
Marcusenius devosi Unspecified
Marcusenius dundoensis Unspecified
Marcusenius friteli Unspecified
Marcusenius furcidens Unspecified
Marcusenius fuscus Unspecified
Marcusenius ghesquierei Unspecified
Marcusenius gracilis Unspecified
Marcusenius greshoffii Unspecified
Marcusenius intermedius Unspecified
Marcusenius kainjii Unspecified
Marcusenius kaninginii Unspecified
Marcusenius krameri Unspecified
Marcusenius kutuensis Unspecified
Marcusenius leopoldianus Unspecified
Marcusenius livingstonii Unspecified
Marcusenius lucombesi Unspecified
Marcusenius macrolepidotus Bulldog fish
Marcusenius macrophthalmus Unspecified
Marcusenius mento Unspecified
Marcusenius meronai Unspecified
Marcusenius monteiri Monteiri's bulldog fish
Marcusenius moorii Unspecified
Marcusenius multisquamatus Unspecified
Marcusenius ntemensis Unspecified
Marcusenius nyasensis Unspecified
Marcusenius pongolensis Unspecified
Marcusenius rheni Unspecified
Marcusenius sanagaensis Unspecified
Marcusenius schilthuisiae Unspecified
Marcusenius senegalensis Unspecified
Marcusenius stanleyanus Unspecified
Marcusenius thomasi Unspecified
Marcusenius ussheri Unspecified
Marcusenius victoriae Victoria stone-basher fish
Mormyrops anguilloides Cornish jack fish
Mormyrops attenuatus Unspecified
Mormyrops batesianus Unspecified
Mormyrops boulengeri Unspecified
Mormyrops breviceps Unspecified
Mormyrops caballus Unspecified
Mormyrops citernii Unspecified
Mormyrops curtus Unspecified
Mormyrops curviceps Unspecified
Mormyrops engystoma Unspecified
Mormyrops furcidens Unspecified
Mormyrops intermedius Unspecified
Mormyrops lineolatus Unspecified
Mormyrops mariae Unspecified
Mormyrops masuianus Unspecified
Mormyrops microstoma Unspecified
Mormyrops nigricans Unspecified
Mormyrops oudoti Unspecified
Mormyrops parvus Unspecified
Mormyrops sirenoides Unspecified
Mormyrops zanclirostris Unspecified
Mormyrus bernhardi Bernhard's elephant-nose fish
Mormyrus caballus Unspecified
Mormyrus casalis Unspecified
Mormyrus caschive Unspecified
Mormyrus cyaneus Unspecified
Mormyrus felixi Unspecified
Mormyrus goheeni Unspecified
Mormyrus hasselquistii Elephant-nose fish
Mormyrus hildebrandti Hildebrandt's elephant-nose fish
Mormyrus iriodes Unspecified
Mormyrus kannume Kannume elephant-nose fish
Mormyrus lacerda Western bottle-nose mormyrid
Mormyrus longirostris Eastern bottle-nose mormyrid
Mormyrus macrocephalus Unspecified
Mormyrus macrophthalmus Unspecified
Mormyrus niloticus Unspecified
Mormyrus ovis Unspecified
Mormyrus rume Unspecified
Mormyrus subundulatus Unspecified
Mormyrus tapirus Unspecified
Mormyrus tenuirostris Athi elephant-nose fish
Mormyrus thomasi Unspecified
Myomyrus macrodon Unspecified
Myomyrus macrops Unspecified
Myomyrus pharao Unspecified
Paramormyrops batesii Unspecified
Paramormyrops curvifrons Unspecified
Paramormyrops gabonensis Unspecified
Paramormyrops hopkinsi Unspecified
Paramormyrops jacksoni Ghost stone-basher fish
Paramormyrops kingsleyae Unspecified
Paramormyrops longicaudatus Unspecified
Paramormyrops ntotom Unspecified
Paramormyrops retrodorsalis Unspecified
Paramormyrops sphekodes Unspecified
Paramormyrops tavernei Unspecified
Petrocephalus ansorgii Unspecified
Petrocephalus arnegardi Unspecified
Petrocephalus balayi Unspecified
Petrocephalus bane Unspecified
Petrocephalus binotatus Unspecified
Petrocephalus boboto Unspecified
Petrocephalus bovei Unspecified
Petrocephalus catostoma Churchill fish
Petrocephalus christyi Unspecified
Petrocephalus congicus Unspecified
Petrocephalus cunganus Unspecified
Petrocephalus degeni Unspecified
Petrocephalus frieli Unspecified
Petrocephalus gliroides Unspecified
Petrocephalus grandoculis Unspecified
Petrocephalus haullevillii Unspecified
Petrocephalus hutereaui Unspecified
Petrocephalus keatingii Unspecified
Petrocephalus leo Unspecified
Petrocephalus levequei Unspecified
Petrocephalus longianalis Unspecified
Petrocephalus longicapitis Unspecified
Petrocephalus magnitrunci Unspecified
Petrocephalus magnoculis Unspecified
Petrocephalus mbossou Unspecified
Petrocephalus microphthalmus Unspecified
Petrocephalus odzalaensis Unspecified
Petrocephalus okavangensis Unspecified
Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus Unspecified
Petrocephalus pellegrini Unspecified
Petrocephalus petersi Unspecified
Petrocephalus pulsivertens Unspecified
Petrocephalus sauvagii Unspecified
Petrocephalus schoutedeni Unspecified
Petrocephalus similis Unspecified
Petrocephalus simus Unspecified
Petrocephalus soudanensis Unspecified
Petrocephalus squalostoma Unspecified
Petrocephalus steindachneri Unspecified
Petrocephalus stuhlmanni Unspecified
Petrocephalus sullivani Unspecified
Petrocephalus tanensis Tana churchill fish
Petrocephalus tenuicauda Unspecified
Petrocephalus valentini Unspecified
Petrocephalus wesselsi Southern churchill fish
Petrocephalus zakoni Unspecified
Pollimyrus adspersus Unspecified
Pollimyrus brevis Unspecified
Pollimyrus castelnaui Dwarf stone-basher fish
Pollimyrus cuandoensis Unspecified
Pollimyrus eburneensis Unspecified
Pollimyrus guttatus Unspecified
Pollimyrus isidori Unspecified
Pollimyrus maculipinnis Unspecified
Pollimyrus marianne Unspecified
Pollimyrus nigricans Dark stone-basher fish
Pollimyrus nigripinnis Unspecified
Pollimyrus pedunculatus Unspecified
Pollimyrus petherici Unspecified
Pollimyrus petricolus Unspecified
Pollimyrus plagiostoma Unspecified
Pollimyrus pulverulentus Unspecified
Pollimyrus schreyeni Unspecified
Pollimyrus stappersii Unspecified
Pollimyrus tumifrons Unspecified
Stomatorhinus ater Unspecified
Stomatorhinus corneti Unspecified
Stomatorhinus fuliginosus Unspecified
Stomatorhinus humilior Unspecified
Stomatorhinus ivindoensis Unspecified
Stomatorhinus kununguensis Unspecified
Stomatorhinus microps Unspecified
Stomatorhinus patrizii Unspecified
Stomatorhinus polli Unspecified
Stomatorhinus polylepis Unspecified
Stomatorhinus puncticulatus Unspecified
Stomatorhinus schoutedeni Unspecified
Stomatorhinus walkeri Unspecified

Family: Notopteridae (Feather-back fishes and knife-fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Chitala blanci Indochina feather-back fish
Chitala borneensis Unspecified
Chitala chitala Clown knife-fish
Chitala hypselonotus Unspecified
Chitala lopis Giant feather-back fish
Chitala ornata Clown feather-back fish
Notopterus notopterus Bronze feather-back fish
Papyrocranus afer Reticulate knife-fish
Papyrocranus congoensis Unspecified
Xenomystus nigri African knife-fish

Family: Osteoglossidae (Arowanas)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Arawana
Osteoglossum ferreirai Black arawana
Scleropages formosus Asian bony-tongue fish
Scleropages inscriptus Unspecified
Scleropages jardinii Australian bony-tongue fish
Scleropages leichardti Spotted bony-tongue fish

Family: Pantodontidae (Freshwater butterfly fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Pantodon buchholzi Freshwater butterfly fish

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