Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae Elephantfishes

Genus: Hippopotamyrus

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawing(s)



3 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:
No picture found

Max. Length 26 cm SL
 
Hippopotamyrus castor
[]

Photo by MNHN

Africa
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985

Photo by Photo by MNHN
 
Hippopotamyrus paugyi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 30.5 cm SL
 
Hippopotamyrus pictus
[]


Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 3

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Hippopotamyrus castor Africa 26 SL 1906
Hippopotamyrus paugyi Africa 25 SL 1985
Hippopotamyrus pictus Africa 30.5 SL 1864



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
Back to Search
Back to Top
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013