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Title: Cyphomyrus Myers 1960
Authors: Miller S., Sullivan J.

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Cyphomyrus Myers 1960

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Cyphomyrus petherici Alwero River, Ethiopia.png
Illustration of Marcusenius petherici Blgr (=Pollimyrus petherici) from Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)
Heads of Cyphomyrus macrops (top), Cyphomyrus psittacus (bottom) for comparison. From Poll (1939).
Illustration of holoytype of Marcusenius wilverthi Boulenger (= Cyphomyrus wilverthi), 260 mm TL
Cyphomyrus macrops (Boulenger) holotype BMNH 1899.6.27.12
comparison of mouth of Cyphomyrus wilverthi (left) with that of C. psittacus (right)
EOD waveform of Cyphomyrus psittacus JPS-214
Cyphomyrus wilverthi, male, Odzala National Park, Congo River, Republic of Congo
EOD waveform of Cyphomyrus psittacus JPS-250
Cyphomyrus wilverthi, 130 mm SL, JPS-538, UNIKIS-10-082, Boyoma Falls, Kisangani, D.R Congo
Marcusenius wilverthi Boulenger syntype MRAC 47, Congo River at Upoto [Lisala]
Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger) 190 mm TL, Muita River, affluent of Luembe River, Angola. From Poll (1967).
Cyphomyrus wilverthi
Marcusenius tanganicanus Boulenger (=Cyphomyrus dischorhynchus) types
Cyphomyrus psittacus, 198 mm SL, tag no. JPS-250, field no. UNIKIS-10-36, 17-Jun-2010, Congo River at Batikamoundje, Province Or
Hippopotamyrus (Cyphomyrus) discorhynchus

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comparison of mouth of Cyphomyrus wilverthi (left) with that of C. psittacus (right)

Hippopotamyrus (Cyphomyrus) discorhynchus lateral view of head

Mormyrus discorhynchus Peters (= Cyphomyrus discorhynchus) lectotype ZMB 3673, Mozambique

Marcusenius wilverthi Boulenger syntype MRAC 47, Congo River at Upoto [Lisala]

Marcusenius tanganicanus Boulenger (=Cyphomyrus dischorhynchus) types

Marcusenius budgetti Boulenger holotype BMNH 1904.1.20.9

Mormyrus psittacus Boulenger (= Cyphomyrus psittacus) holotype BMNH 1897.9.30.26

Cyphomyrus psittacus, 145 mm SL, tag no. JPS-214, field no. UNIKIS-10-32, Congo River at Ubundu

Hippopotamyrus (Cyphomyrus) discorhynchus

Cyphomyrus wilverthi, 130 mm SL, JPS-538, UNIKIS-10-082, Boyoma Falls, Kisangani, D.R Congo

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