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psittacus, Mormyrus Boulenger [G. A.] 1897:427 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 50); ref. 14629] Stanley [Boyoma] Falls, upper Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, 0°30'N, 25°12'E. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1897.9.30.26. •Valid as Hippopotamyrus psittacus (Boulenger 1897) -- (Gosse 1984:76 [ref. 6169], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:150 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:138 [ref. 31367], Dankwa et al. 1999:15 [ref. 28023]). •Valid as Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger 1897) -- (Myers 1960:125 [ref. 3128], Kramer & van der Bank 2011:2688 [ref. 31546], Levin & Golubtsov 2018:73 [ref. 35732], Skelton 2019:231 [ref. 36564], Mulelenu et al. 2020:17 [ref. 37340], Munene et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1686 [ref. 39000]). Current status: Valid as Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger 1897). Mormyridae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Congo River basin (Democratic Republic of Congo). Habitat: freshwater.


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