title: Hippopotamyrus
text: # Hippopotamyrus
  
  Hippopotamyrus is a genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Hippopotamyrus ansorgii (Boulenger 1905) (Slender stonebasher)
  * Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim 1906 (Lokundi mormyrid)
  * Hippopotamyrus grahami (Norman 1928) (Graham's stonebasher)
  * Hippopotamyrus harringtoni (Boulenger 1905) (Harrington's stonebasher)
  * Hippopotamyrus longilateralis B. J. Kramer & Swartz 2010 (Cunene River stonebasher)
  * Hippopotamyrus macroterops (Boulenger 1920)
  * Hippopotamyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger 1910) (Pappenheim's stonebasher)
  * Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque & Bigorne 1985 (Kolente stonebasher)
  * Hippopotamyrus pictus (Marcusen 1864) (Marcusen's mormyrid)
  * Hippopotamyrus szaboi B. J. Kramer, van der Bank & Wink 2004 (Upper Zambezi mormyrid)
  * Hippopotamyrus weeksii (Boulenger 1902) (Weeks' mormyrid)
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Some of the species within this genus have rather restricted distribution. For example, H. longilateralis occurs only in the Kunene River of southern Africa.
  
  