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Mormyridae
Hippopotamyrus
castor
Pappenheim 1906
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Subfamily:
Mormyrinae
Genus:
Hippopotamyrus
Species:
Hippopotamyrus
castor
Pappenheim 1906
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Neue und ungenügend bekannte elektrische Fische (Fam. Mormyridae) aus den deutsch-afrikanischen Schutzgebieten
p. 260.
Synonyms, objective (homotypic):
Paramyomyrus aequipinnis Pellegrin 1927
Type material:
Lokoundji River near Bipindi, Cameroon. Syntypes: BMNH 1907.12.3.2 [ex ZMB] (1), ZMB 15199 (now 1).
Type locality:
Lokoundji River near Bipindi, Cameroon.
Synonyms:
1
Media
Paramyomyrus aequipinnis Pellegrin (=Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim) syntype MNHM 1927-0159
Paramyomyrus aequipinnis Pellegrin (=Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim) syntype MNHM 1927-0159
Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906 Syntype BMNH 1907.12.3.2 Lokoundje River Cameroon
Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906 Syntype BMNH 1907.12.3.2 Lokoundje River Cameroon
superimposed EOD waveforms of Hippopotamyrus castor from the Lokoundje River, Cameroon
superimposed EOD waveforms of Hippopotamyrus castor from the Lokoundje River, Cameroon
Paramyomyrus aequipinnis Pellegrin (=Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim) syntype MNHM 1927-0159
Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906 Syntype BMNH 1907.12.3.2 Lokoundje River Cameroon
superimposed EOD waveforms of Hippopotamyrus castor from the Lokoundje River, Cameroon
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
