Author: Muller, 1843
Body moderately to much elongate, snout funnel-shaped to tubular, straight, not sharply bent down; teeth on upper and lower jaw in a closed line: »horse dentition«; dorsal fin much shorter than anal, caudal fin with rounded scaled and membranous lobes.
Subgenus Mormyrops (Mormyrops) ;
Dorsal fin shorter than anal fin; snout funnel-shaped to tubular, straight to faintly curved, not sharply bent down and shorter than postorbital region of the head; eye in anterior third of head.
Species:
Mormyrops anguilloides
Mormyrops attenuatus
Mormyrops batesianus
Mormyrops breviceps
Mormyrops caballus
Mormyrops citernii
Mormyrops curtus
Mormyrops engystoma
Mormyrops furcidens
Mormyrops intermedius
Mormyrops lineolatus
Mormyrops mariae
Mormyrops masuianus
Mormyrops microstoma
Mormyrops nigricans
Mormyrops oudoti
Mormyrops parvus
Mormyrops sirenoides
Subgenus Oxymormyrus
Subgenus Mormyrops (Oxymormyrus) ;
Snout nearly as long as postorbital region; eye near middle of head.
Species:
Mormyrops boulengeri
Mormyrops zanclirostris