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Hippopotamyrus

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Hippopotamyrus
Hippopotamyrus castor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus: Hippopotamyrus
Pappenheim, 1906
Species

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Synonyms
  • Paramyomyrus Pellégrin 1927

Hippopotamyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

Distribution

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

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hippopotamyrus". FishBase. July 2021 version.
  2. ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ Michael Hogan. 2012. Kunene River. eds. P. Saundry & C. Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.