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Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)

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Nigeria country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality of the holotype of Mormyrus kingsleyae: 'Old Calabar' (Ref. 28014); however this type-locality may have been reported in error because no other specimens have since been reported from this area, and it is more likely that the holotype originates from the Ogowe River in Gabon, where Mary Kingsley traveled in 1895 after her visit in Old Calabar (Ref. 28014, 81635, 116799). Reports from Cross River (Ref. 2915, 31256) are based on presence of the type specimen.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hopkins, C.D., S. Lavoué and J.P. Sullivan, 2007
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Common names from other countries

Kingsley kuhikpea, Rypoun hnědý, Rypoun kingsleyové, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Paramormyrops: Greek, para = near + Greek, mormyros = a fish (Sparus sp) (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Günther.

Issue
According to Hopkins et al. (Ref. 81635) this species is a Lower Guinea endemic and should be placed in the genus Paramormyrops at species level, but they ignore the fact that there is also a subspecies in West Africa, Brienomyrus kingsleyae eburneensis, whose taxonomic status is now uncertain (Boden, pers. comm.).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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