@article {620, title = {The Complete Genome Sequences of 38 Species of Elephantfishes (Mormyridae, Osteoglossiformes)}, year = {2022}, month = {Nov-21-2022}, abstract = {

We present the complete genome sequences of 38 species of elephantfishes from 20 genera. Illumina sequencing was performed on genetic material from single wild-caught individuals. The reads were assembled using a de novo method followed by a finishing step. The raw and assembled data is publicly available via Genbank.

}, issn = {2687-7945}, doi = {10.56179/001c.56077}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.56179/001c.56077}, author = {Peterson, Rose and Sullivan, John and Pirro, Stacy} } @article {10.3897/zookeys.1129.90287, title = {Mitogenome recovered from a 19th Century holotype by shotgun sequencing supplies a generic name for an orphaned clade of African weakly electric fishes (Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {1129}, year = {2022}, pages = {163-196}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {

Heteromormyrus Steindachner, 1866, a genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha), has been monotypic since the description of Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Steindacher, 1866) from a single specimen. No type locality other than \“Angola\” was given and almost no specimens have been subsequently identified to this species. In order to investigate the relationship of this taxon to fresh specimens collected in Angola and elsewhere, whole genome paired-end sequencing of DNA extracted from the holotype specimen of Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus was performed and a nearly complete mitogenome assembled from the sequences obtained. Comparison of cytochrome oxidase I and cytochrome b sequences from this mitogenome to sequences from recently collected material reveal that Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus is closely related to specimens identified as Hippopotamyrus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1905), Hippopotamyrus szaboi Kramer, van der Bank \& Wink, 2004, Hippopotamyrus longilateralis Kramer \& Swartz, 2010, as well as to several undescribed forms from subequatorial Africa collectively referred to in the literature as the \“Hippopotamyrus ansorgii species complex\” and colloquially known as \“slender stonebashers.\” Previous molecular phylogenetic work has shown that these species are not close relatives of Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906, the type species of genus Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, 1906 from Cameroon, and are thus misclassified. Hippopotamyrus ansorgii species complex taxa and another species shown to have been misclassified, Paramormyrops tavernei (Poll, 1972), are placed in genus Heteromormyrus and one genetic lineage from the Kwanza and Lucala rivers of Angola are identified as conspecific Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus. Three additional new combinations and a synonymy in Mormyridae are introduced. The morphological characteristics and geographical distribution of the genus Heteromormyrus are reviewed. The electric organ discharges (EODs) of Heteromormyrus species are to be treated in a separate study.

}, keywords = {Angolan freshwater fishes, Heteromormyrus, Hippopotamyrus, historical DNA, mitogenomics, mormyrid, museomics, slender stonebasher}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1129.90287}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1129.90287}, author = {John P. Sullivan and Carl D. Hopkins and Stacy Pirro and Rose Peterson and Albert Chakona and Tadiwa I. Mutizwa and Christian Mukweze Mulelenu and Fahad H. Alqahtani and Emmanuel Vreven and Casey B. Dillman} } @article {610, title = {Ost{\'e}ologie des Genres Marcusenius Gill, Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, Cyphomyrus Myers, Pollimyrus Taverne et Brienomyrus Taverne (Pisces Mormyriformes)}, journal = {Annales du Mus{\'e}e royal de l{\textquoteright}Afrique centrale, Sciences Zoologiques}, volume = {188}, year = {1971}, pages = {144}, url = {https://www.nhbs.com/osteologie-des-genres-marcusenius-gill-hippopotamyrus-pappenheim-cyphomyrus-myers-pollimyrus-taverne-et-brienomyrus-taverne-pisces-mormyriformes-book}, author = {Taverne, L.} } @article {570, title = {Phylogenetic relationships between eight African species of mormyriform fish (Teleostei, Osteichthyes): resolution of a cryptic species, and reinstatement of Cyphomyrus Myers, 1960}, journal = {Biochemical Systematics and Ecology}, volume = {24}, year = {1996}, pages = {275-290}, chapter = {275}, abstract = {

Phylogenetic relationships between seven elephantfish species from five genera (Mormyridae) that are endemic to southem Africa, and the Nile knifefish of the sister family, Gymnamhidae, were determined using biochemical genetic data, behaviour (the waveforms of the electric organ discharge), morphology, and habitat and food preferences. The results confirmed the existence of an undescribed species of Hippopotamyrus, and that H.ansorgii and H.discorhynchus are not congeners.These distinctions had been suggested by differences in electric organ discharge wavefonns and are here substantiated by morphological and genetic data. We recommend the reinstatement of Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852). Genetic distance (D, Nei, 1972) values suggest confamilial genera (D average of 1.09 for all species studied, and 0.715 for southern African species), with the exception of the sympatric and congeneric species: H. ansorgii and H. sp. (D=0.423). Phylogenies based on morphological and electrophoretic data are congruent.

}, doi = {10.1016/0305-1978(96)00026-9}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0305197896000269?via\%3Dihub}, author = {F. Herman van der Bank and Bernd Kramer} } @article {446, title = {Note sur la syst{\'e}matique des poissons Mormyriformes. Le probl{\`e}me des genres Gnathonemus Gill, Marcusenius Gill, Hippopotamyrus Pappenheim, Cyphomyrus Myers et les nouveaux genres Pollimyrus et Brienomyrus}, journal = {Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines}, volume = {84 (pts 1-2)}, year = {1971}, month = {09/1971}, pages = {99-110}, chapter = {99}, author = {Taverne, L.} } @article {cite-key, title = {Die Familie der Mormyren. Eine anatomisch-zoologische Abhandlung.}, journal = {M{\'e}moires de l{\textquoteright}Acad{\'e}mie Imp{\'e}riale des Sciences de St. P{\'e}tersbourg (7i{\`e}me S{\'e}rie)}, volume = {7}, number = {4}, year = {1864}, pages = {p.153}, keywords = {Petrocephalus pictus}, url = {https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13677285}, author = {Marcusen, J.} } @article {291, title = {Neue und ungen{\"u}gend bekannte elektrische Fische (Fam. Mormyridae) aus den deutsch-afrikanischen Schutzgebieten}, journal = {Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin}, volume = {1906}, number = {10}, year = {1906}, month = {12/1906}, pages = {260{\textendash}264}, url = {http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8893086}, author = {Pappenheim, P.} } @article {400, title = {Description of a new mormyrid fish from the White Nile}, journal = {Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7)}, volume = {15}, number = {89}, year = {1905}, month = {05/1905}, pages = {457}, author = {George A. Boulenger} } @book {902, title = {The fishes of the Nile}, series = {Zoology of Egypt}, year = {1907}, publisher = {Pub. for the Egyptian government by H. Rees, ltd.}, organization = {Pub. for the Egyptian government by H. Rees, ltd.}, address = {London}, doi = {10.5962/bhl.title.51710}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110263$\#$page/1/mode/1up}, author = {George A. Boulenger} } @article {399, title = {Descriptions of four new freshwater fishes discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola}, journal = {Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7)}, volume = {15}, number = {89}, year = {1905}, month = {05/1905}, pages = {457{\textendash}459}, author = {George A. Boulenger} } @inbook {121, title = {Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History)}, booktitle = {Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History)}, volume = {I}, year = {1909}, pages = {29-145}, publisher = {British Museum (Natural History)}, organization = {British Museum (Natural History)}, address = {London}, url = {https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37889609}, author = {George A. Boulenger} } @article {269, title = {Mormyrid{\'e}s du Cameroun recueillis par M. Th. Monod. Description d{\textquoteright}un genre, de quatre esp{\`e}ces et d{\textquoteright}une vari{\'e}t{\'e}}, journal = {Bulletin de la Soci{\'e}t{\'e} Zoologique de France}, volume = {52}, year = {1927}, month = {09/1927}, pages = {294{\textendash}300}, url = {http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5442540x/f337.image.langEN}, author = {Pellegrin, J.} } @article {832, title = {Les poissons du bassin du Tchad et du bassin adjacent du Mayo Kebbi {\'e}tude syst{\'e}matique et biologique}, year = {1964}, pages = {1{\textendash}483}, publisher = {ORSTOM}, address = {Paris}, url = {http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_2/memoires/19994.pdf}, author = {Blache, J.} } @article {831, title = {Aspects of the reproductive biology of Hippopotamyrus pictus from Lake Kainji, with notes on four other mormyrid species}, journal = {Journal of Fish Biology}, volume = {11}, number = {5}, year = {1977}, pages = {437{\textendash}445}, abstract = {

A method is descrihed for the assessment of fecundity in in mormyrrd fish. In all species examined a tri-modal egg size distribution was found in the mature pre-spawning ovary. These modes represented one oocyte and two ova components. The significance of the presence of two sizes of ovum is discussed in relation to breeding periodicity in Hippopotamyrus pictus. Size and age at first maturity are estimated for this species. The probable effects of the formation of the lake on the breeding behaviour of mormyrids is discussed.

}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1977.tb04138.x/asset/j.1095-8649.1977.tb04138.x.pdf?v=1\&t=hqzjgrlk\&s=80a89cbded91f381ca05b0ee20d62e74d4487e99}, author = {Blake, B.F.} } @article {181, title = {Le genre Hippopotamyrus (Pisces, Mormyridae) en Afrique de l{\textquoteright}Ouest, avec la description d{\textquoteright}Hippopotamyrus paugyi n. sp.}, journal = {Cybium}, volume = {9}, number = {2}, year = {1985}, pages = {175-192}, author = {L{\'e}v{\^e}que, C. and Bigorne, R.} } @inbook {179, title = {Mormyridae}, booktitle = {Faune des poissons d{\textquoteright}eaux douces et saum{\^a}tres de l{\textquoteright}Afrique de l{\textquoteright}Ouest = The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa}, series = {Faune tropicale 28}, year = {1990}, pages = {122-184}, publisher = {ORSTOM, MRAC}, organization = {ORSTOM, MRAC}, address = {Paris, Tervuren (Belgium)}, url = {http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/Fau_trop/34060.pdf}, author = {Bigorne, R.}, editor = {L{\'e}v{\^e}que, C. and Paugy, D. and Teugels, G.G.} } @inbook {158, title = {Mormyridae}, booktitle = {Faune des poissons d{\textquoteright}eaux douces et saum{\^a}tres de l{\textquoteright}Afrique de l{\textquoteright}Ouest}, volume = {1}, year = {2003}, pages = {154-222}, publisher = {IRD/MNHN/MRAC}, organization = {IRD/MNHN/MRAC}, url = {http://www.ird.fr/editions/catalogue/ouvrage.php?livre=409}, author = {Bigorne, R.} } @book {159, title = {The Mormyridae and other Osteoglossomorpha (CD-ROM)}, series = {World Biodiversity Database, CD-ROM Series}, volume = {2000}, year = {2000}, publisher = {Springer Verlag, ETI-UNESCO}, organization = {Springer Verlag, ETI-UNESCO}, address = {New York}, issn = {Hyb: 3-540-14811-6}, url = {https://www.amazon.com/Mormyridae-Osteoglossomorpha-Biodiversity-Database-CD-ROM/dp/3540148116}, author = {Harder, W.} } @inbook {152, title = {12. Mormyridae}, booktitle = {The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa}, series = {Collection Faune et Flore Tropicales 42}, volume = {1}, year = {2007}, pages = {220{\textendash}334}, publisher = {IRD}, organization = {IRD}, chapter = {12}, isbn = {978-2-7099-1621-9}, author = {Carl D. Hopkins and S{\'e}bastien Lavou{\'e} and John P. Sullivan}, editor = {Melanie L.J. Stiassny and Teugels, G.G. and Carl D. Hopkins} }