Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim [P.] 1906:260 Masc. Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim 1906 -- (Myers 1960:124 [ref. 3128], Taverne 1972:170 [ref. 6367], Gosse 1984:73 [ref. 6169], Lévêque & Bigorne 1985 [ref. 5160], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:148 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:336 [ref. 26477], Poll & Gosse 1995:137 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:66 [ref. 23725], Dankwa et al. 1999:15 [ref. 28023], Lavoué et al. 2003:288 [ref. 29517], Kramer et al. 2004:1 [ref. 27728], Hopkins et al. 2007:291 [ref. 30019], Kramer & Swartz 2010:2213, 2229 [ref. 30915], Kramer & Van der Bank 2011:2669 [ref. 31546], Marshall 2011:40 [ref. 31755], Marshall 2011:47 [ref. 31755], Sullivan et al. 2016:140 [ref. 34183]). Current status: Valid as Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim 1906. Mormyridae.