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Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Brienomyrus sphecodes (Sauvage, 1879); Brienomyrus sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879); Marcusenius sphecodes (Sauvage, 1879); Marcusenius sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879); Mormyrops sphekodes Sauvage, 1879

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

IUCN RedList status: Least Concern

 

Distribution

Gabon

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Sauvage, H. E. (1879). Notice sur la faune ichtyologique de l’Ogôoué. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique, Paris Ser. 7, 3: 90-103.


Other references:

Moelants, T. (2010). Paramormyrops sphekodes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T182200A7830361. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182200A7830361.en. Downloaded on 28 May 2017.

Rich, Madeline, Sullivan, John P. and Hopkins, Carl D. (2017). Rediscovery and description of Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879) and a new cryptic Paramormyrops (Mormyridae: Osteoglossiformes) from the Ogooué River of Gabon using morphometrics, DNA sequencing and electrophysiology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180(3): 613-646.

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