The Christy's elephantfish, Campylomormyrus christyi, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, is found in Africa: in the lower Congo, the Pool Malebo, Kasai and Lukenie in Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Campylomormyrus |
| Species: | C. christyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Campylomormyrus christyi (Boulenger 1920)
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Size
This species reaches a length of 37.5 cm (14.8 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Cuthbert Christy (1863–1932), an English physician (specializing in sleeping sickness), a zoologist, an explorer, and the Director of the Congo Museum in Tervuren, Belgium, who collected the holotype specimen.[3]
References
- ^ Gosse, J.-P. (1984). Mormyridae. p. 63–122. En J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, París y MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Campylomormyrus christyi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family MORMYRIDAE Bonaparte 1831 (Elephantfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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