Author: Linnaeus, 1758
Body moderately to much elongate. Nostrils clearly separated. Dorsal fin much longer than anal fin, fin-rays all nearly equal in length; head blunt to sharp snouted, usually bent, rarely straight; snout funnel-shaped to tubular, mouth terminal; caudal peduncle short, rather deep.
Species and subspecies:
Mormyrus bernhardi
Mormyrus caballus
Mormyrus caballus caballus
Mormyrus caballus asinus
Mormyrus caballus bumbanus
Mormyrus caballus lualabae
Mormyrus casalis
Mormyrus caschive
Mormyrus cyaneus
Mormyrus hasselquistii
Mormyrus iriodes
Mormyrus kannume
Mormyrus lacerda
Mormyrus longirostris
Mormyrus macrocephalus
Mormyrus macrophthalmus
Mormyrus mucupe
Mormyrus niloticus
Mormyrus ovis
Mormyrus proboscirostris
Mormyrus rume
Mormyrus subundulatus
Mormyrus tapirus
Mormyrus tenuirostris
Mormyrus thomasi