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» Heteromormyrus xanekweorum - Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona, 2025
Mormyridae
Heteromormyrus
xanekweorum
Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona, 2025
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Subfamily:
Mormyrinae
Genus:
Heteromormyrus
Species:
Heteromormyrus
xanekweorum
Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona, 2025
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Review of the southern African slender stonebashers, genus
Heteromormyrus
Steindachner 1866 (Teleostei: Mormyridae), with description of six new species
p. 22.
Original combination:
Heteromormyrus xanekweorum
Synonyms, objective (homotypic):
Hippopotamyrus sp. ‘OK’ in Mutizwa et al. (2021).
Heteromormyrus sp. ‘OK’ in Sullivan et al. (2022).
Type material:
Holotype: SAIAB 246300, 84.5 mm SL. Paratypes: SAIAB 186792 (9), 37.0–118.1 mm SL.
Taxonomic notes:
Holotype sequences: BOLD and GenBank genseq-2 COI: ANGFW138-12, MW600872, MW600873, GenBank genseq-2 cyt b: MW600903, S7 intron: MW756320, MW756321.
Type locality:
Just south of Chitembo, Chitembo River, 13° 31' 41.1" S, 16° 45' 31.4" E, Okavango River system, Angola.
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Heteromormyrus xanekweorum.jpg
Heteromormyrus xanekweorum.jpg
Heteromormyrus xanekweorum.jpg
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
