Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906

Kramer, Bernd & Swartz, Ernst R., 2010, A new species of Slender Stonebasher within the Hippopotamyrus ansorgii complex from the Cunene River in southern Africa (Teleostei: Mormyriformes), Journal of Natural History 44 (35 - 36), pp. 2213-2242 : 2229-2230

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scientific name	Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906
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Genus Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906 View in CoL View at ENA

Diagnosis (translation of Taverne 1971a)

Body moderately elongated to elongated; snout shorter than postorbital segment of skull, with upper jaw high, curved downward and somewhat longer than lower jaw; caudal peduncle 2– 33 / 4 times longer than high; 16–41 dorsal fin rays; 22–35 anal fin rays; 10–12 pectoral fin rays; 45–93 lateral line scales; 10–21/14–23 scales transversely to body; 9–19/9–19 scales transversely between dorsal and anal fins; 12–16 scales around caudal peduncle; 3–7/6–10 bicuspid teeth; lateral ethmoid present and well developed; mesethmoid big and curved backwards; five circumorbital bones; preorbital, and first infraorbital fused; five hypural bones; 41 to 48 vertebrae.

Type species

Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906

Included species (from Eschmeyer and Fricke 2010)

aelsbroecki , Gnathonemus Poll 1945 . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus aelsbroecki (Poll 1945)

aequipinnis, Paramyomyrus Pellegrin 1927 . Current status: synonym of Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906

ansorgii View in CoL , Marcusenius Boulenger 1905 View in CoL . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus ansorgii ( Boulenger 1905) View in CoL

castor View in CoL , Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim 1906 View in CoL . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906 View in CoL

cubangoensis, Marcusenius Pellegrin 1936 . Current status: synonym of Hippopotamyrus discorhynchus (Peters 1852)

grahami , Marcusenius Norman 1928 . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus grahami (Norman 1928)

harringtoni View in CoL , Marcusenius Boulenger 1905 View in CoL . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus harringtoni ( Boulenger 1905) View in CoL

macroterops View in CoL , Marcusenius Boulenger 1920 View in CoL . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus macroterops (Boulenger 1920) View in CoL

pappenheimi , Marcusenius Boulenger 1910 . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger 1910)

paugyi , Hippopotamyrus Lévêque and Bigorne 1985 . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque and Bigorne 1985

pictus , Petrocephalus Marcusen 1864 . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus pictus (Marcusen 1864)

retrodorsalis , Marcusenius Nichols and Griscom 1917 . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus retrodorsalis (Nichols and Griscom 1917)

smithersi, Marcusenius Määr 1962 . Current status: synonym of Hippopotamyrus discorhynchus (Peters 1852)

szaboi View in CoL , Hippopotamyrus Kramer, van der Bank and Wink 2004 View in CoL . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus szaboi Kramer, van der Bank and Wink 2004 View in CoL

tanganicanus, Marcusenius Boulenger 1906 View in CoL . Current status: synonym of Hippopotamyrus discorhynchus (Peters 1852) View in CoL

weeksii , Marcusenius Boulenger 1902 . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus weeksii (Boulenger 1902)

References

Boulenger GA. 1905. Descriptions of four new freshwater fishes discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola. Ann Mag Nat Hist (Ser. 7). 15: 457 - 459.

Eschmeyer WN, Fricke R. editors. Catalog of Fishes electronic version [Internet]. [cited 2010 Jan 15]. Available from http: // research. calacademy. org / ichthyology / catalog / fishcatmain. asp

Kramer B, van der Bank FH, Wink M. 2004. The Hippopotamyrus ansorgii species complex in the Upper Zambezi River System with a description of a new species, H. szaboi (Mormyridae). Zool Scripta. 33: 1 - 18.

Taverne L. 1971 a. Note sur la systematique des poissons Mormyriformes. Le probleme des genres Gnathonemus Gill, Marcusenius Gill, Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, Cyphomyrus Myers et les nouveaux genres Pollimyrus et Brienomyrus. Rev Zool Bot Afr. 84 (1 - 2): 99 - 110.