Pollimyrus castelnaui ( Boulenger, 1911 )

Kramer, Bernd, Bank, Herman van der & Wink, Michael, 2013, 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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (7 - 8), pp. 429-463 : 445

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2013.807950
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4748109
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scientific name	Pollimyrus castelnaui ( Boulenger, 1911 )
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Pollimyrus castelnaui ( Boulenger, 1911) View in CoL

Marcusenius castelnaui Boulenger 1911, p. 402 View in CoL .

Pollimyrus castelnaui Taverne 1971, p. 105 View in CoL .

Type specimens. Syntypes: BMNH 1910.5.31.11-12 (2) .

Type locality. Lake Ngami basin, Bechuanaland ( Botswana), Africa. However, Boulenger (1911, p. 400) also stated that the name of this locality was used for convenience only, the real origin being “the Okavango River and vast extent of marshes (of which Lake Ngami is a part)”, and Bell-Cross and Minshull (1988, p. 110) specify explicitly that the Types were collected “from the Okavango River by R.B. Woosman” although no precise place is given (name spelled “Woosnam” in Boulenger 1911). In August 2006 the area of Lake Ngami as marked on maps was completely dry, no lake or water body to be seen anywhere near townships of Sehithwa and Toteng (B.K. personal observation). Permanent-looking, wide gravel roads passed right through the “lake” in its south-western part. Since then water has returned to Lake Ngami (September 2012; B.K., personal observation).