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Hyperopisus
Gill 1862
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Nomenclature
Family:
Mormyridae
Subfamily:
Mormyrinae
Genus:
Hyperopisus
Gill 1862
Usage:
valid
Reference:
On the West African Genus Hemichromis and Descriptions of New Species in the Museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution
p. 139.
Type material:
Masc. Mormyrus dorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Type by monotypy.
Media
Mormyrus dorsalis Geoffrey St. Hilaire (=Hyperopisus bebe) Nile River, Egypt
Mormyrus dorsalis Geoffrey St. Hilaire (=Hyperopisus bebe) Nile River, Egypt
Illusration of Hyperopisus bebe in Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)
Illusration of Hyperopisus bebe in Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)
Hyperopisus tenuicauda Pellegrin (=Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis). Fort-Archambault [Sarh], Chari River, Chad
Hyperopisus tenuicauda Pellegrin (=Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis). Fort-Archambault [Sarh], Chari River, Chad
Mormyrus dorsalis Geoffrey St. Hilaire (=Hyperopisus bebe) Nile River, Egypt
Illusration of Hyperopisus bebe in Boulenger's Fishes of the Nile (1907)
Hyperopisus tenuicauda Pellegrin (=Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis). Fort-Archambault [Sarh], Chari River, Chad
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
![Hyperopisus tenuicauda Pellegrin (=Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis). Fort-Archambault [Sarh], Chari River, Chad](https://mormyrids.efishgenomics.com/sites/default/files/IMG0063.jpg){kind=link}