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Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Pappenheim, P. (1906). Neue und ungenügend bekannte elektrische Fische (Fam. Mormyridae) aus den deutsch-afrikanischen Schutzgebieten. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> (no. 10): 260-264.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Mormyridae
genus
Hippopotamyrus
species
Hippopotamyrus castor

Name

Synonyms
Marcusenius castor (Pappenheim, 1906)
Paramyomyrus aequipinnis Pellegrin, 1927
Homonyms
Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906
Common names
Lokundi mormyrid in English
Lokundi's mormyrid in English
Rypoun bobří in language.
Гиппопотамир-бобр in Russian
Lokundi's mormyrid in English
Rypoun bobří in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Daget, J., J. -P. Gosse, and D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde, eds., 1984: null. Check-List of Freshwater Fishes of Africa. vol. 1. 410.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Pappenheim, P. (1906). Neue und ungenügend bekannte elektrische Fische (Fam. Mormyridae) aus den deutsch-afrikanischen Schutzgebieten. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> (no. 10): 260-264.
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