Petrocephalus
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| Petrocephalus | |
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| Petrocephalus bane | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 |
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 38 recognized species in this genus: [1][2][3]
- Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger, 1903
- Petrocephalus balayi Sauvage, 1883
- Petrocephalus bane (Lacépède, 1803)
- Petrocephalus bane bane (Lacepède, 1803)
- Petrocephalus bane comoensis de Mérona, 1979
- Petrocephalus binotatus Pellegrin, 1924
- Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Petrocephalus bovei bovei (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Petrocephalus bovei guineensis Reizer, Mattei & Chevalier, 1973
- Petrocephalus catostoma (Günther, 1866)
- Petrocephalus christyi Boulenger, 1920
- Petrocephalus cunganus Boulenger, 1910
- Petrocephalus frieli Lavoué, 2012[2]
- Petrocephalus gliroides (Vinciguerra, 1897)
- Petrocephalus grandoculis Boulenger, 1920
- 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 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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Petrocephalus in FishBase. August 2012 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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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