Paramormyrops hopkinsi

Paramormyrops hopkinsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Paramormyrops
Species: P. hopkinsi
Binomial name
Paramormyrops hopkinsi
(Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985)[1][2]

Paramormyrops hopkinsi 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.[1][3][4] It lives in a tropical climate.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2004). "Brienomyrus hopkinsi Taverne and Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=649941. Retrieved September 27, 2007. 
  2. ^ a b *Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Paramormyrops hopkinsi" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
  3. ^ Cornell University. "Hopkins Lab, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University". Cornell University. http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/hopkins/research.htm. Retrieved September 27, 2007. 
  4. ^ Cornell University (1998). "The Biodiversity of Freshwater Fish in Gabon Rainforests, One Hundred Years After Mary H. Kingsley". Cornell University Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/hopkins/mkingsley.html. Retrieved September 27, 2007. 

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