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

Genus Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906

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

castor , Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim 1906 . Current status: valid as Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906

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

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

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

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

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