Petrocephalus

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Petrocephalus
Petrocephalus boboto Lavoué and Sullivan (2014) Zookeys.jpg
Petrocephalus boboto
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Subfamily: Petrocephalinae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Marcusen, 1854
Type species
Mormyrus bane
Lacépède, 1803

Petrocephalus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa.[1]

Species[]

There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Boulenger 1903 (Agberi mormyrid)
  • Petrocephalus arnegardi & 2014 [3] (Arnegard mormyrid)
  • Sauvage 1883 (Ogooue River mormyrid)
  • Rochebrune 1885 (Churchill snoutfish)
  • Petrocephalus bane (Lacépède, 1803)
  • Pellegrin 1924 (Ikengo mormyrid)
  • Petrocephalus boboto & 2014 [3] (Boboto mormyrid)
  • (Valenciennes 1847) (baby whale)
  • (Günther 1866) (Churchill)
  • Boulenger 1920 (Lindi mormyrid)
  • & Poll 1937 (Mukishi River mormyrid)
  • Boulenger 1910 (Cuanza River mormyrid)
  • Boulenger 1906 (Katonga River mormyrid)
  • 2012 [4] (Luapula River mormyrid)
  • (Vinciguerra 1897) (Ganana River mormyrid)
  • Boulenger 1920
  • Boulenger 1912
  • (Boulenger 1913) (Uele mormyrid)
  • Boulenger 1901 (Fashoda mormyrid)
  • , 2016 [5] (Kotto elephantfish)
  • & 1990 (Sierra Leone elephantfish)
  • , & 2012 [6] (Lufubu River mormyrid)
  • , , & 2012 [6] (Katima Mulilo mormyrid)
  • , , & 2012 [6] (Okavango mormyrid)
  • , , & 2012 [6] (Cunene River mormyrid)
  • , & 2010 (Mbossou mormyrid)
  • Pellegrin 1908 (smallhead mormyrid)
  • , & 2010 (Odzala mormyrid)
  • , , & 2012 [6] (Thoage River mormyrid)
  • & , 1990 (Bamako mormyrid)
  • Poll 1941 (Nuon mormyrid)
  • , , & 2012 [6] (Zambezi mormyrid)
  • , & 2010 (Odzala mormyrid)
  • (Boulenger 1887) (Sauvage's mormyrid)
  • Poll 1954 (Yangambi mormyrid)
  • 2011 [7] (Sanaga mormyrid)
  • Sauvage 1879 (roundnose mormyrid)
  • & 1990 (Loutou mormyrid)
  • (Boulenger 1915) (Lukinda mormyrid)
  • Fowler 1958 (Msola mormyrid)
  • Boulenger 1909 (Kingani mormyrid)
  • , & 2004 (Sullivan's mormyrid)
  • & Greenwood 1959 [6] (Tana-churchill)
  • (Steindachner 1894) (Junk mormyrid)
  • , & 2010 (Lekoli mormyrid)
  • & 2000 (Southern Churchill)
  • , & 2010 (Zakon mormyrid)

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Petrocephalus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. ^ "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Lavoué, S. (2016): Petrocephalus leo, a new species of African electric fish (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) from the Oubangui River basin (Congo basin). Zootaxa, 4121 (3): 319–330.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g 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.
  7. ^ Lavoué, 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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