Hippopotamyrus

Hippopotamyrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Mormyrinae
Genus: Hippopotamyrus
Pappenheim, 1906
Species

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Hippopotamyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.

Species

Distribution

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]

Line notes

  1. C.Michael Hogan. 2012

References

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