Brienomyrus hopkinsi

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Brienomyrus hopkinsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Brienomyrus
Species: B. hopkinsi
Binomial name
Brienomyrus hopkinsi
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Brienomyrus hopkinsi, also called Brienomyrus hopkinsi Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde 1985,[1][2] is a species of freshwater electric fish. It was discovered in the Ivindo River in Gabon, in Western Africa by Dr. Carl D. Hopkins of Cornell University.[3][4][1] It lives in a tropical climate.[2]

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  1. ^ a b Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2004). Brienomyrus hopkinsi Taverne and Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985 (English). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on September 27, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Fishbase. Brienomyrus hopkinsi (English). Fishbase. Retrieved on November 18, 2007.
  3. ^ Cornell University. Hopkins Lab, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University (English). Cornell University. Retrieved on September 27, 2007.
  4. ^ Cornell University (1998). The Biodiversity of Freshwater Fish in Gabon Rainforests, One Hundred Years After Mary H. Kingsley (English). Cornell University Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. Retrieved on September 27, 2007.

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