Mormyrus

See text Mormyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae.

They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate with other electric fish.

[1] There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

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Mormyrus caballus (above), Mormyrus rume (below)
Mormyrus hasselquistii (above), Mormyrus niloticus (below)
Bronze figurine of Oxyrhynchus fish, Late Period-Ptolemaic Egypt