Molecular phylogenetic evidence supports monophyly of the type species, H. castor from Lower Guinea-Cameroon with Nilo-Sudanic H. pictus and H. paugyi from West Africa. Other species that formerly were placed in this genus have been moved to Heteromormyrus. ~ JPS
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Specimen Records:58
Specimens with Sequences:65
Specimens with Barcodes:57
Species:6
Species With Barcodes:6
Public Records:11
Public Species:4
Public BINs:2
Hippopotamyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.
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Some of the species within this genus have rather restricted distribution. For example, H. longilateralis occurs only in the Kunene River of southern Africa.[1]
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