Hippopotamyrus

General description: 

Hippopotamyrus is essentially a "garbage pail" non-monophyletic taxon.  Molecular phylogenetic evidence supports monophyly of the type species, H. castor from Lower Guinea-Cameroon with Nilo-Sudanic H. pictusH. paugyi from the Niger River probably also belongs to the holotype clade.  All others are considered of uncertain affinity.  ~ JPS

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith