Petrocephalus
| Petrocephalus | |
|---|---|
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| P. bane | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Mormyrus bane Lacépède, 1803 | |
Petrocephalus is a genus of fish in the family Mormyridae, being the only genus in the sub-family Petrocephalinae. All the fish species of this genus are native to Africa.
Species
There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:
- Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger, 1903
- Petrocephalus arnegardi Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014 [1]
- Petrocephalus balayi Sauvage, 1883
- Petrocephalus bane Lacépède, 1803
- Petrocephalus binotatus Pellegrin, 1924
- Petrocephalus boboto Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014 [1]
- Petrocephalus bovei Valenciennes, 1847
- Petrocephalus catostoma Günther, 1866 (Churchill)
- Petrocephalus christyi Boulenger, 1920
- Petrocephalus congicus L. R. David & Poll, 1937
- Petrocephalus cunganus Boulenger, 1910
- Petrocephalus degeni Boulenger, 1906
- Petrocephalus frieli Lavoué, 2012 [2]
- Petrocephalus gliroides Vinciguerra, 1897
- Petrocephalus grandoculis Boulenger, 1920
- Petrocephalus haullevillei Boulenger, 1912
- Petrocephalus hutereaui Boulenger, 1913
- Petrocephalus keatingii Boulenger, 1901
- Petrocephalus levequei Bigorne & Paugy, 1990
- Petrocephalus longianalis B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 [3]
- Petrocephalus longicapitis B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 [3]
- Petrocephalus magnitrunci B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 [3]
- Petrocephalus magnoculis B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 [3]
- Petrocephalus mbossou Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
- Petrocephalus microphthalmus Pellegrin, 1908
- Petrocephalus odzalaensis Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
- Petrocephalus okavangensis B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 [3]
- Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus Bigorne & Paugy, 1990
- Petrocephalus pellegrini Poll, 1941
- Petrocephalus petersi B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 [3]
- Petrocephalus pulsivertens Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
- Petrocephalus sauvagii Boulenger, 1887
- Petrocephalus schoutedeni Poll, 1954
- Petrocephalus similis Lavoué, 2011 [4]
- Petrocephalus simus Sauvage, 1879
- Petrocephalus soudanensis Bigorne & Paugy, 1990
- Petrocephalus squalostoma Boulenger, 1915
- Petrocephalus steindachneri Fowler, 1958
- Petrocephalus stuhlmanni Boulenger, 1909
- Petrocephalus sullivani Lavoué, Hopkins & Kamdem Toham, 2004
- Petrocephalus tanensis Whitehead & Greenwood, 1959 (Tana churchill) [3]
- Petrocephalus tenuicauda Steindachner, 1895
- Petrocephalus valentini Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
- Petrocephalus wesselsi B. J. Kramer & van der Bank, 2000 (Southern churchill)
- Petrocephalus zakoni Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
References
- 1 2 Lavoué, S. & Sullivan, J.P. (2014): Petrocephalus boboto and Petrocephalus arnegardi, two new species of African electric fish (Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae) from the Congo River basin. ZooKeys, 400: 43–65.
- ↑ Lavoué, S. (2012): Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) of the Bangweulu-Mweru ecoregion (Luapula River system, Congo basin), with the description of a new species. Journal of Natural History, 46 (35-36): 2159-2178. [DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.708449]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kramer, B., Bills, R., Skelton, P. & Wink, M. (2012): A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species. Journal of Natural History, 46 (35-36): 2179-2258. [DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.708452]
- ↑ Lavoue, S. (2011). "A new species of Petrocephalus Marcusen 1854 (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon." Zootaxa 2934: 20-28.
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