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Species in the genus Hyperopisus: [ 5 ] records

bebe, Mormyrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:619, 622 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Nile River, Egypt. No types known. •Valid as Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803) -- (Gosse 1984:77 [ref. 6169], Lévêque et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26480], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:132 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367], Poll & Gosse 1995:131 [ref. 24781], Seegers et al. 2003:28 [ref. 28087], Neumann et al. 2016:303 [ref. 35036], Akoth et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40069]). Current status: Valid as Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803). Mormyridae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

chariensis, Hyperopisus bebe Blache [J.] 1964:28, Fig. 3 [Mémoires de l'ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer) No. 4; ref. 7943] Lake Chad basin. Syntypes: (104). •Synonym of Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803) -- (Gosse 1984:78 [ref. 6169], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Synonym of Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

dorsalis, Mormyrus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:[269], Pl. 8 (figs. 1-2) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River, Egypt. Syntypes: MNHN 1959 (4), 1960 (2), A-9629 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:270 [ref. 293]. The page number is from a different edition. •Synonym of Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803) -- (Gosse 1984:77 [ref. 6169]). Current status: Synonym of Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

occidentalis, Hyperopisus Günther [A.] 1866:223 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Niger, western Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1865.4.6.12. •Valid as Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803), but a valid subspecies -- (Gosse 1984:78 [ref. 6169], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Synonym of Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803). Mormyridae. Distribution: Western Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

tenuicauda, Hyperopisus Pellegrin [J.] 1904:312 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 10 (no. 6); ref. 15195] Fort-Archambault [Sarh], Chari River, Chad. Syntypes: MNHN 1904-0111 (1), 1904-0112 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:270 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803), subspecies occidentalis Günther 1866 -- (Gosse 1984:78 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803) -- (Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Synonym of Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède 1803). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.