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Species in the genus Paramormyrops: [ 11 ] records


batesii, Marcusenius Boulenger [G. A.] 1906:36 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 18 (no. 103) (art. 7); ref. 15650] Kribi [now Kienké] River, Efulen [now Efoulan], [ca. 2°46'59"N, 10°31'59"E], southern Cameroon. Syntypes: BMNH 1906.5.26.159-160 (2). See Hopkins et al. 2007:299 [ref. 30019] for information on collection localities by George Latimer Bates. •Valid as Hippopotamyrus batesii (Boulenger 1906) -- (Gosse 1984:73 [ref. 6169]). •Valid as Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger 1906) -- (Hopkins et al. 2007:297 [ref. 30019], Rich et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35306], Fermon et al. 2022:124 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger 1906). Mormyridae. Distribution: West Africa: southern Cameroon south to Gabon. Habitat: freshwater.

cabrae, Marcusenius Boulenger [G. A.] 1900:130, Pl. 48 (fig. 1) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 6); ref. 555] Kop-Malafu, Mayumbe [Mayombe]. Syntypes: BMNH 1899.11.27.91 (1), MRAC 274-275 (1, 1). •Synonym of Pollimyrus kingsleyae (Günther 1896) -- (Gosse 1984:117 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Brienomyrus kingsleyae (Günther 1896) -- (authors). •Synonym of Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther 1896) -- (Rich et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35306]). Current status: Synonym of Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther 1896). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

curvifrons, Brienomyrus Taverne [L.], Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.], Heymer [A.] & Géry [J.] 1977:205, Fig. 2 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 91 (no. 1); ref. 17898] Ivindo River, near M'Passa, Makokou, Gabon. Holotype: MRAC 75-24-P-132. Paratypes: MRAC 75-24-P-135 (1), 75-24-P-277 (1). •Valid as Brienomyrus curvifrons Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry 1977 -- (Gosse 1984:64 [ref. 6169]). •Valid as Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry 1977) -- (Hopkins et al. 2007:305 [ref. 30019], Rich et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35306], Fermon et al. 2022:124 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry 1977). Mormyridae. Distribution: West Africa: Cameroon and Gabon. Habitat: freshwater.

gabonensis, Paramormyrops Taverne [L.], Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] & Heymer [A.] 1977:635, Fig. 1 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 91 (no. 3); ref. 4363] Ivindo River, near M'Passa, Makokou, Gabon. Holotype: MRAC 75-24-P-6. Paratypes: MRAC 75-24-P-7-12 (6), 75-24-P-122 (1), 75-24-P-394-95 (2). •Valid as Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer 1977 -- (Gosse 1984:107 [ref. 6169], Hopkins et al. 2007:301 [ref. 30019], Rich et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35306], Fermon et al. 2022:124 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer 1977. Mormyridae. Distribution: West Africa: southern Cameroon and Gabon. Habitat: freshwater.

hopkinsi, Brienomyrus Taverne [L.] & Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1985:49, Fig. 1 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 99 (no. 1); ref. 17280] Ivindo River, near Makokou, Gabon, western Africa. Holotype: MRAC 84-34-1. Paratypes: MRAC 84-34-2 and 3 (2). •Valid as Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde 1985) -- (Hopkins et al. 2007:297 [ref. 30019], Rich et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35306], Fermon et al. 2022:125 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde 1985). Mormyridae. Distribution: West Africa: southern Cameroon and Gabon. Habitat: freshwater.

jacksoni, Marcusenius Poll [M.] 1967:55, Fig. 14 [Publicações Culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (DIAMANG), Lisboa No. 75; ref. 3528] Nharicumbi village, 12°S, 21°10'E, Longa River tributary of Luena River, Angola. Holotype (unique): MD 5575. Type catalog: Derijst 1991:55 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll 1967) -- (Gosse 1984:107 [ref. 6169], Skelton 1993:101 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:101 [ref. 27406], Rich et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35306] probably in Pollimyrus, Skelton 2019:231 [ref. 36564]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll 1967). Mormyridae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

kingsleyae, Mormyrus Günther [A.] 1896:281, Pl. 15 (fig. A) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 17 (no. 100) (art. 37); ref. 14607] Old Calabar, Nigeria [but locality probably the Ogowe River, Gabon]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1896.5.5.100. For type locality see Teugels & Hopkins 1998:200 [ref. 23311]. •Valid as Pollimyrus kingsleyae (Günther 1896) -- (Gosse 1984:117 [ref. 6169], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:178 [ref. 21589], Bigorne 1991:319 [ref. 20236] with subspecies, Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Levin & Golubtsov 2018:72 [ref. 35732]). •Valid as Brienomyrus kingsleyae (Günther 1896) -- (Teugels & Hopkins 1998:199 [ref. 23311]). •Valid as Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther 1896) -- (Hopkins et al. 2007:303 [ref. 30019], Rich et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35306], Skelton 2019:226 [ref. 36564], Fermon et al. 2022:125 [ref. 39448], Walsh et al. 2022:[5] [ref. 39281]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther 1896). Mormyridae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: southern Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, and Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

longicaudatus, Brienomyrus Taverne [L.], Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.], Heymer [A.] & Géry [J.] 1977:200, Fig. 1 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 91 (no. 1); ref. 17898] Ivindo River, near M'Passa, Makokou, Gabon. Holotype: MRAC 75-24-P-290. Paratypes: MNHN 1987-0886 (2), MRAC 75-24-P-291-293 (3). •Valid as Brienomyrus longicaudatus Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry 1977 -- (Gosse 1984:64 [ref. 6169]). •Valid as Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry 1977) -- (Hopkins et al. 2007:297 [ref. 30019], Rich et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35306], Fermon et al. 2022:125 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry 1977). Mormyridae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Gabon. Habitat: freshwater.

ntotom, Paramormyrops Rich [M.], Sullivan [J. P.] & Hopkins [C. D.] 2017:[16], Figs. 12-13 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 180 (no. 3); ref. 35306] Ogooué River at Doumé, Ogooué-Lolo, Gabon, 0.84137°S, 12.96548°E. Holotype: CUMV 98138. Paratypes: AMNH, CUMV, MNHN, MRAC. Plus non-type material. •Valid as Paramormyrops ntotom Rich, Sullivan & Hopkins 2017 -- (Fermon et al. 2022:125 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops ntotom Rich, Sullivan & Hopkins 2017. Mormyridae. Distribution: West Africa: Ogooué River basin (Gabon). Habitat: freshwater.

retrodorsalis, Marcusenius Nichols [J. T.] & Griscom [L.] 1917:668, Fig. 2 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 37 (art. 25); ref. 3185] Small forest brook tributary to the Bima River, Niapu, Congo. Holotype (unique): AMNH 6933. •Valid as Hippopotamyrus retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom 1917) -- (Gosse 1984:77 [ref. 6169], Kramer & Swartz 2010:2230 [ref. 30915]). •Valid as Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom 1917) -- (Rich et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35306]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom 1917). Mormyridae. Distribution: Congo, Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

sphekodes, Mormyrops Sauvage [H.-E.] 1879:101 [12] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 3; ref. 3881] Ogooué River at Doumé, Gabon. Lectotype: MNHN A-0893. Paralectotype: MNHN 1998-1050. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:268 [ref. 293] erroneously as holotype, Poll 1948:76 [ref. 31166] as sphecodes. On p. 12 of separate. Often spelled sphecodes, original was sphekodes. Lectotype selected by Rich et al. 2017:[9, 14] [ref. 35306]. •Valid as Brienomyrus sphecodes (Sauvage 1879) -- (Gosse 1984:65 [ref. 6169]). •Valid as Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage 1879) -- (Hopkins et al. 2007:305 [ref. 30019], Rich et al. 2017:[9, 14] [ref. 35306], Fermon et al. 2022:125 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage 1879). Mormyridae. Distribution: West Africa: Doumé and Sébé Rivers (Gabon) Habitat: freshwater.


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