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Mormyridae
Heteromormyrus
chilembwe
Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona, 2025
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Subfamily:
Mormyrinae
Genus:
Heteromormyrus
Species:
Heteromormyrus
chilembwe
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. 24.
Original combination:
Heteromormyrus chilembwe
Synonyms, objective (homotypic):
Hippopotamyrus sp. ‘Ruo’ in Chakona et al. (2018).
Hippopotamyrus sp. ‘Ruo’ in Mutizwa et al. (2021).
Heteromormyrus sp. ‘Ruo’ in Sullivan et al. (2022).
Type material:
Holotype: SAIAB 246299, 65.1 mm SL. Paratypes: SAIAB 119004 (3) 48.0–69.0 mm SL; SAIAB 119013 (3) 33.9–47.9 mm SL.
Taxonomic notes:
Holotype sequences: BOLD genseq-1 COI: MAFW025-11, GenBank genseq-1 cyt b: MW600888, S7 intron: MW756346. Paratype sequences: GenBank genseq-2 S7 intron: MW75634BOLD genseq-2 COI: MAFW039-11, GenBank genseq-2 cyt b: MW600889, S7 intron: MW756332, MW756333
Type locality:
Ruo River, lower Zambezi River system, Malawi.
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Heteromormyrus chilembwei.jpg
Heteromormyrus chilembwei.jpg
Heteromormyrus chilembwei.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
