Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 .
  • Common names : Rypoun bobri (Czech), Lokundi's mormyrid (English), Piiber-peemotkala (Estonian) .
  • Current distribution known : endemic to Cameroon where it has been recorded in the Sanaga, Wouri, Lokoundje and Upper Cross rivers .
  • Distribution_references : Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 .
  • Electrophysiology : Hopkins, 1981 | Hopkins et al., 2017 | Sullivan et al., 2016 .
  • Genetics : Levin & Golubtsov, 2017 | Sullivan et al., 2016 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Bigorne, 1990a | Bigorne, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 | Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985 | Sullivan et al., 2016 .
  • Phylogeny : Levin & Golubtsov, 2017 | Sullivan et al., 2016 .
  • Size : 260 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906 b: 260. Type locality: "Lokundje bei Bipindi (Kamerun)". Syntypes ZMHU 15 199 missing, BMNH 1907.12.3:2.
    • Paramyomyrus aequipinnis Pellegrin, 1927 d: 297. Type locality: "Nanga Eboko (Sanaga)", Cameroon. Syntypes MNHN 27.159-161.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption and for research into its electrical discharge system .