Cryptomyrus
Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Mormyridae
Genus: Cryptomyrus
Species:
C. ogoouensis –
C. ona
Name
[edit]Cryptomyrus Sullivan et al., 2016
- Type species: Cryptomyrus ogoouensis Sullivan et al., 2016
Etymology: from the Greek kryptos meaning secret or hidden, referring to the rarity of these fishes in collections, and the Greek myros, a kind of fish, a suffix used in the names of many other mormyrid genera.
References
[edit]- Sullivan, J.P., Lavoue, S. & Hopkins, C.D. 2016. Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa. ZooKeys 561: 117–150. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.561.7137 Reference page.