Pollimyrus castelnaui

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Mormyridae
Genus: Pollimyrus
Species: Pollimyrus castelnaui

Name

Pollimyrus castelnaui (Boulenger, 1911)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1910.5.31.11-12 (2).
• Type locality: Lake Ngami basin, Bechuanaland [Botswana], southern Africa.

Synonyms

• Marcusenius castelnaui Boulenger, 1911

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G. A.; 1911: On a collection of fishes from the Lake Ngami Basin, Bechuanaland. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 18 (pt 5, no. 1): 399–431, Pls. 38-43. BHL

Additional references

• Kramer, B., van der Bank, H., Flint, N., Sauer-Gürth, H. & Wink, M. 2003. Evidence for parapatric speciation in the mormyrid fish, Pollimyrus castelnaui (Boulenger, 1911) from the Okavango-Upper Zambezi River systems: P. marianne sp. nov., defined by electric organ discharges, morphology and genetics. Environmental Biology of Fishes 67(1): 47–70. DOI: 10.1023/A:1024448918070 Reference page. 
• Kramer, B.; van der Bank, H.; Wink, M. 2013 (Online) 2014 (Print): Marked differentiation in a new species of dwarf stonebasher, Pollimyrus cuandoensis sp. nov. (Mormyridae: Teleostei), from a contact zone with two sibling species of the Okavango and Zambezi rivers. Journal of natural history 48(7-8): 429–463. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.807950 Reference page.