Hippopotamyrus

Hippopotamyrus
Hippopotamyrus castor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906
Type species
Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906
Species
See text
Synonyms
Paramyomyrus Pellégrin 1927

Hippopotamyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae, the freshwater elephantfishes. These fishes are found in Africa.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]

• Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906 (Lokundi mormyrid)
• Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque & Bigorne 1985 (Kolente stonebasher)
• Hippopotamyrus pictus (Marcusen 1864) (Marcusen's mormyrid)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hippopotamyrus". FishBase. June 2024 version.