Zambezi parrotfish

Zambezi Parrotfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Subfamily:	Mormyrinae
Genus:	Cyphomyrus Pappenheim, 1906
Species:	C. discorhynchus
Binomial name
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (W. K. H. Peters, 1852)

The Zambezi Parrotfish (Cyphomyrus discorhynchus) is an elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. It is currently the only member of its genus. It occurs in several river systems across central Africa. It grows to a length of 31 cm.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Cyphomyrus discorhynchus" in FishBase. June 2011 version.

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