PARAMORMYROPS JACKSONI (POLL, 1967)

Marcusenius jacksoni Poll, 1967: 55, Fig. 14. Holotype: Dundo Museum 5575 (unique). Type locality: Nharicumbi village, 12°S, 21°10′E, Longa River tributary of Luena River (Zambesi River basin), Angola.

Paramormyrops jacksoni – Taverne et al., 1977: 640.

Note: Because Paramormyrops jacksoni is known from a single specimen from a tributary of the upper Zambezi River in Angola, well outside Lower Guinea and Congo River basins where all other Paramormyrops are found, it is likely that this species was incorrectly reassigned to Paramormyrops by Taverne et al. (1977). Instead it more probably belongs in Pollimyrus . This opinion is shared by D. Tweddle and P.H. Skelton (pers. comm.) who have examined specimens of Pollimyrus from the Kataba tributary of the Upper Zambezi in neighboring Zambia that are a close match to P. jacksoni in meristics, body form, and coloration. Further studies are needed before making a generic reassignment of P. jacksoni .