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. pictus. H. paugyi from the Niger River probably also belongs to the holotype clade. All others are considered of uncertain affinity. ~ JPS
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