Paramormyrops kingsleyae, KINGSLEYAE (GUNTHER, 1896), KINGSLEYAE (GUNTHER, 1896

Rich, Madeline, Sullivan, John P. & Hopkins, Carl D., 2017, Rediscovery and description of Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879) and a new cryptic Paramormyrops (Mormyridae: Osteoglossiformes) from the Ogooué River of Gabon using morphometrics, DNA sequencing and electrophysiology, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180, pp. 613-646 : 625

PARAMORMYROPS KINGSLEYAE ( GÜNTHER, 1896)

Marcusenius kingsleyae Günther, 1896: 281 , Pl.15, Fig. a. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1897.5.5:100. Type locality: Old Calabar, Nigeria. (Note: Type locality is questionable and probably the specimen came from the Ogooué River Basin of Gabon (see Teugels & Hopkins 1998: 200 for remarks on possible error in type locality)].

Marcusenius cabra e Boulenger, 1900: 130, Pl.48, Fig. 1 . Syntypes MRAC 274–275(2), BMNH 1899.11.27:91 (1). Type locality: Marais de Kop-Malafu, Mayumbe, Congo-Brazzaville (Kouilou-Niari Basin), 5.20°S, 12.3°E. Placed in synonymy by Boulenger (1912): 6.

Paramormyrops kingsleyae – Hopkins et al., 2007: 302.

Note: Pending confirmation from DNA study, we suspect Pollimyrus kingsleyae eburneensis Bigorne, 1990 , from the Agnébi, San Pedro and Banco Rivers in Ivory Coast, is most probably a species of Pollimyrus Taverne, 1971 (not a Paramormyrops ) and recognize it here as Pollimyrus eburneensis ( Bigorne, 1990) .

PARAMORMYROPS LONGICAUDATU S (TAVERNE, THYS

Figures

Figure 1. (A) Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1877) MNHN A.893 photographed in 1984 by W. Harder at which time the lot contained two specimens, suspended vertically in a tall jar from a glass floater. The original MNHN catalogue shows two specimens accessioned in 1878 under this number. The larger specimen (SL = 113.8 mm) is currently catalogued as A 893; the smaller specimen (SL = 98.7 mm) was subsequently catalogued in 1998 as MNHN 1050-1998. Sauvage’s original description indicates multiple specimens with a largest of 140 mm total length, but he designated no holotype. We regard these specimens as syntypes prior to our designation of the larger as lectotype. (B) Radiograph of MNHN A893.