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Species in the genus Heteromormyrus: [ 12 ] records


angusticaudata, Heteromormyrus Mutizwa [T. I.], Kadye [W. T.], Bragança [P. H. N.] & Chakona [A.] 2025:20, Figs. 12 [Journal of Fish Biology Early view; ref. 42374] Northern track between Tchuimbo and Kutato, Angola, 12°16'38"S, 16° 21'03"E. Holotype: SAIAB 246302. Paratypes: SAIAB 85039 (6). Plus additional non-type material. Combined with a masculine gender, the adjective should be angusticaudatus. •Valid as Heteromormyrus angusticaudatus Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus angusticaudatus Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: upper and middle Kwanza River basin, Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

ansorgii, Marcusenius Boulenger [G. A.] 1905:457 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 15 (no. 89) (art. 59); ref. 15344] Between Benguella and Bihé, Angola [probably Kwanza River system]. Syntypes: BMNH 1905.5.29.62-63 (2). •Valid as Hippopotamyrus ansorgii (Boulenger 1905) -- (Gosse 1984:73 [ref. 6169], Skelton 2001:96 [ref. 27406], van der Bank & Kramer 1996:285 [ref. 29516], Kramer et al. 2004:1 [ref. 27728], Kramer & Swartz 2010:2213, 2222, 2230 [ref. 30915], Marshall 2011:47 [ref. 31755], Bruton et al. 2018:33 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:230 [ref. 36564], Mutizwa et al. 2021:[7] [ref. 38598]). •Valid as Heteromormyrus ansorgii (Boulenger 1905) -- (Sullivan et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39811], Mutizwa et al. 2025:9 [ref. 42374]). Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus ansorgii (Boulenger 1905). Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Kwanza River basin (Angola). Habitat: freshwater.

chilembwei, Heteromormyrus Mutizwa [T. I.], Kadye [W. T.], Bragança [P. H. N.] & Chakona [A.] 2025:24, Fig. 14 [Journal of Fish Biology Early view; ref. 42374] Lujeri tea estate, Ruo River, lower Zambezi River system, Malawi, 16°02.19'S, 35°39.80'E. Holotype: SAIAB 246299. Paratypes: SAIAB 119004 (3), 119113 (3). •Valid as Heteromormyrus chilembwei Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus chilembwei Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Ruo River drainage, Shire River basin, lower Zambezi River system, Malawi. Habitat: freshwater.

dolichorhynchus, Heteromormyrus Mutizwa [T. I.], Kadye [W. T.], Bragança [P. H. N.] & Chakona [A.] 2025:16, Fig. 11 [Journal of Fish Biology Early view; ref. 42374] Farm below Lucala 2 bridge, Kwanza River system, Angola, 9°25'30"S, 14°42'00"E. Holotype: SAIAB 246301. Paratypes: SAIAB 85219 (5). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Heteromormyrus dolichorhynchus Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus dolichorhynchus Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: middle Kwanza River drainage and its north bank tributary, the Lucala River, Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

longilateralis, Hippopotamyrus Kramer [L. B.] & Swartz [E. R.] 2010:2231, Fig. 1A [Journal of Natural History v. 44 (no. 36); ref. 30915] Above Epupa Falls, Cunene River, on the Namibian/Angolan border, 17°00'07"S, 013°14'57"E, elevation about 600 meters. Holotype: SAIAB 78793. Paratypes: SAIAB 79502 (1), 79503 (1), 78778 (1), 78779 (5), 78783 (2), 118976 [ex 78793] (2); ZSM 38561-67 (2, 3, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1). Plus additional non-type material. Type catalog: Neumann 2011:270 [ref. 31652]. •Valid as Hippopotamyrus longilateralis Kramer & Swartz 2010 -- (Skelton 2019:230 [ref. 36564], Mutizwa et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38598]). •Valid as Heteromormyrus longilateralis (Kramer & Swartz 2010) -- (Sullivan et al. 2022:178 [ref. 39811], Mutizwa et al. 2025:32 [ref. 42374]). Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus longilateralis (Kramer & Swartz 2010). Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: upper Kunene River drainage, in the Namibian/Angolan border area. Habitat: freshwater.

ndauorum, Heteromormyrus Mutizwa [T. I.], Kadye [W. T.], Bragança [P. H. N.] & Chakona [A.] 2025:31, Fig. 16 [Journal of Fish Biology Early view; ref. 42374] Mudzira River below Muhate, Buzi River system, Mozambique, 19.6750°S, 33.1910°E. Holotype: SAIAB 246297. Paratypes: SAIAB 67420 (2), 205113 (4). •Valid as Heteromormyrus ndauorum Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus ndauorum Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Buzi River drainage, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Habitat: freshwater.

pappenheimi, Marcusenius Boulenger [G. A.] 1910:540 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 6 (no. 36); ref. 577] Quanza River at Cunga, Angola. Syntypes: ANSP 37971 (1), BMNH 1910.11.28.36-43 (orig. 10), NMW 58926 (3), USNM 86610 (1), ZMB 18203 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:128 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Hippopotamyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger 1910) -- (Gosse 1984:76 [ref. 6169], Kramer & Swartz 2010:2229 [ref. 30915], Skelton 2019:231 [ref. 36564], Mutizwa et al. 2021:[7] [ref. 38598]). •Valid as Heteromormyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger 1910) -- (Sullivan et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39811], Mutizwa et al. 2025:32 [ref. 42374]). Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger 1910). Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: lower Kwanza River basin, Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

pauciradiatus, Mormyrus Steindachner [F.] 1866:765, Pl. 13 (fig. 2) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 16; ref. 18789] Angola [possibly lower Kwanza River]. Holotype (unique): NMW 22417. •Valid as Mormyrus pauciradiatus Steindachner 1866 -- (Gosse 1984:73 [ref. 6169]). •Valid as Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Steindachner 1866) -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:137 [ref. 24781], Skelton 2019:231 [ref. 36564], Mutizwa et al. 2021:[7] [ref. 38598] as puaciradiatus). •Valid as Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Steindachner 1866) -- (Sullivan et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39811], Mutizwa et al. 2025:14 [ref. 42374]). Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Steindachner 1866). Mormyridae. Distribution: Southwestern Africa: mainstream channel of Kwanza River and north bank tributary Lucala River, Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

szaboi, Hippopotamyrus Kramer [L. B.], van der Bank [F. H.] & Wink [M.] 2004:6, Figs. 1A-B. [Zoologica Scripta v. 33 (no. 1); ref. 27728] Rocks in middle of river at Katima Mulilo, 17°29'30"S, 24°16'18"E, Upper Zambezi River system, Namibia. Holotype: SAIAB 67143. Paratypes: SAIAB 67144-47 (1, 4, 4, 1); ZSM 29765-70 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 29771 (1), 29772 (1). Type catalog: Neumann 2011:270 [ref. 31652]. •Valid as Hippopotamyrus szaboi Kramer, van der Bank & Wink 2004 -- (Kramer & Swartz 2010:2222, 2231 [ref. 30915], Marshall 2011:48 [ref. 31755], Kramer & Wink 2013:2344 [ref. 32824], Bruton et al. 2018:33 [ref. 36373], Mutizwa et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38598]). •Valid as Heteromormyrus szaboi (Kramer, van der Bank & Wink 2004) -- (Sullivan et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39811], Mutizwa et al. 2025:32 [ref. 42374]). Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus szaboi (Kramer, van der Bank & Wink 2004). Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: upper Zambezi River System, Namibia and (?) Zimbabwe. Habitat: freshwater.

tangwenai, Heteromormyrus Mutizwa [T. I.], Kadye [W. T.], Bragança [P. H. N.] & Chakona [A.] 2025:26, Fig. 15 [Journal of Fish Biology Early view; ref. 42374] Nyamukombe River bridge in Sagambe, Pungwe River system, Zimbabwe, 18°23'45.0"S, 32°58'14.6"E. Holotype: SAIAB 246298. Paratypes: SAIAB 200926 (3). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Heteromormyrus tangwenai Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus tangwenai Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Pungwe River drainage, Zimbabwe. Habitat: freshwater.

tavernei, Brienomyrus Poll [M.] 1972:166, Fig. 2 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 85 (nos 1-2); ref. 7637] Masombwe, Kipepe River, tributary of Tumbwe River, Congo River basin, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 79-1-P-137 [ex. Coll. Parc Nat. Upemba]. Paratypes: IRSNB 718 (1); MRAC 85753 (1), 174702-707 (6), 79-1-P-138-140 (3). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:32 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Brienomyrus tavernei Poll 1972 -- (Gosse 1984:65 [ref. 6169]). •Possibly valid as Paramormyrops tavernei (Poll 1972) -- (Rich et al. 2017:[14] [ref. 35306]). •Valid as Paramormyrops tavernei (Poll 1972) -- (Abwe et al. 2023:28 [ref. 39992]). •Valid as Heteromormyrus tavernei (Poll 1972) -- (Sullivan et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39811]). Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus tavernei (Poll 1972). Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern-central Africa: southern Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.

xanekweorum, Heteromormyrus Mutizwa [T. I.], Kadye [W. T.], Bragança [P. H. N.] & Chakona [A.] 2025:22, Fig. 13 [Journal of Fish Biology Early view; ref. 42374] Just south of Chitembo, Chitembo River, Okavango River system, Angola, 13°31' 41.1"S, 16°45'31.4"E. Holotype: SAIAB 246300. Paratypes: SAIAB 186792 (9). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Heteromormyrus xanekweorum Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Current status: Valid as Heteromormyrus xanekweorum Mutizwa, Kadye, Bragança & Chakona 2025. Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Okavango River basin, Angola and Namibia. Habitat: freshwater.


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