Hippopotamyrus
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| Hippopotamyrus castor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Subfamily: | Mormyrinae |
| Genus: | Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906 |
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Hippopotamyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.
Species[edit]
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Hippopotamyrus ansorgii (Boulenger 1905) (Slender stonebasher)
- Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906 (Lokundi mormyrid)
- Hippopotamyrus grahami (Norman 1928) (Graham's stonebasher)
- Hippopotamyrus harringtoni (Boulenger 1905) (Harrington's stonebasher)
- Hippopotamyrus longilateralis B. J. Kramer & Swartz 2010 (Cunene River stonebasher)
- Hippopotamyrus macroterops (Boulenger 1920)
- Hippopotamyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger 1910) (Pappenheim's stonebasher)
- Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque & Bigorne 1985 (Kolente stonebasher)
- Hippopotamyrus pictus (Marcusen 1864) (Marcusen's mormyrid)
- Hippopotamyrus szaboi B. J. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink 2004 (Upper Zambezi mormyrid)
- Hippopotamyrus weeksii (Boulenger 1902) (Weeks' mormyrid)
Distribution[edit]
Some of the species within this genus have rather restricted distribution. For example, H. longilateralis occurs only in the Kunene River of southern Africa.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Hippopotamyrus in FishBase. July 2021 version.
- ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Michael Hogan. 2012. Kunene River. eds. P. Saundry & C. Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.
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