Brienomyrus (Brienomyrus) kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)
Synonyms
Mormyrus kingsleyae sp. n. Günther, 1896a: 281, pl. 15. fig. a.
Marcusenius kingsleyae Boulenger, 1898 f: 794.
Marcusenius kingsleyae Boulenger, 1909a: 65.
Pollimyrus kingsleyae Taverne, 1971a: 105.
Pollimyrus kingsleyae kingsleyae Bigorne, 1990a: 178, fig. 15.49
Pollimyrus kingsleyae eburnuensis Bigorne, 1990a: 179
Brienomyrus kingsleyae Mamonekene and Teugels, 1993: 13, 14
Brienomyrus kingsleyae Teugels and Hopkins, 1998: 199-204.
Remark on taxonomy
The assumption of synonymy of M. cabrae with Brienomyrus kingsleyae (Boulenger, 1909a: 65) is not justified, not the least because of differences in the electric discharges of the two taxa, see table, figures and description of Brienomyrus cabrae.
Bigorne, 1990 distinguished between two subspecies, Pollimyrus kingsleyae kingsleyae and Pollimyrus kingsleyae eburnuensis which differ mainly in the number of teeth, 5-6/ 5-8 in P. k kingsleyae, and 7-8/7-8 in P. k. eburnuensis and in the fin-ray counts in D and A: P. k. kingsleyae D 17-18, A 22-25, P. k. eburnuensis D 15-17, A 20-22.
Etymology
kingsleyae : dedicated to Miss Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1862-1900), first European woman to travel in western Africa (1893-95) from where she brought important collections of animals, plants and ethnological objects back to England. eburnuensis : (lat.): --ensáis: geographical origin or habitat, here the Côte d’Ivoire, ivoire = eburnum.
16.17.6 : CLOFFA-no.