Brienomyrus retrodorsalis

Brienomyrus (Brienomyrus) retrodorsalis (Nichols and Griscom, 1917)

Synonyms
Marcusenius retrodorsalis n. sp. Nichols and Griscom, 1917: 668, fig. 2.
Hippopotamyrus retrodorsalis: Taverne, 1971a: 104.
Brienomyrus (Brienomyrus) retrodorsalis

Remark on taxonomy
Only known from a single type specimen. Revision of the characters suggests that retrodorsalis belongs into Brienomyrus instead of Hippopotamyrus.

Etymology
(lat.): retro: back, backward, behind, reverse, refers to the position of the dorsal fin.

16.7.13 : CLOFFA-no.

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