Lavoué, Sébastien;Sullivan, John P.;Arnegard, Matthew E.
Petrocephalus
Sign in to savePetrocephalus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOsteoglossiformes
- FamilyMormyridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 201
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Collections
- CUMV, TCWC, AUM
- Recorded in
- Gabon, Benin, Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Zambia
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Petrocephalus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa.
==Species== 230px|thumb|right|Cladistics of Petrocephalus There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus: Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger, 1903 Petrocephalus arnegardi Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014 Petrocephalus balayi Sauvage, 1883 Petrocephalus balteatus Rochebrune, 1885 Petrocephalus bane (Lacépède, 1803) Petrocephalus binotatus Pellegrin, 1924 Petrocephalus boboto [Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014 Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes, 1847) Petrocephalus catostoma (Günther, 1866) Petrocephalus christyi Boulenger, 1920 Petrocephalus congicus L. R. David & Poll, 1937 Petrocephalus cunganus Boulenger, 1910 Petrocephalus degeni Boulenger, 1906 Petrocephalus frieli Lavoué, 2012 Petrocephalus gliroides (Vinciguerra 1897) Petrocephalus grandoculis [Boulenger, 1920 Petrocephalus guttatus Fowler, 1936 Petrocephalus haullevillii Boulenger, 1912 Petrocephalus hutereaui ([Boulenger,] 1913) Petrocephalus keatingii Boulenger, 1901 Petrocephalus leo Lavoué, 2016 Petrocephalus levequei Bigorne & Paugy 1990 Petrocephalus longianalis B. J. Kramer I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012 Petrocephalus longicapitis B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 Petrocephalus magnitrunci B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 Petrocephalus magnoculis B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 Petrocephalus mbossou Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 Petrocephalus microphthalmus Pellegrin, 1909 Petrocephalus odzalaensis Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 Petrocephalus okavangensis B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012 Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus Bigorne & Paugy, 1990 Petrocephalus pellegrini Poll, 1941 Petrocephalus petersi B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012 Petrocephalus pulsivertens Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 Petrocephalus sauvagii (Boulenger, 1887) Petrocephalus schoutedeni Poll, 1954 Petrocephalus similis Lavoué, 2011 Petrocephalus simus Sauvage, 1879 Petrocephalus soudanensis Bigorne & Paugy, 1990 Petrocephalus squalostoma (Boulenger, 1915) Petrocephalus steindachneri Fowler, 1958 Petrocephalus stuhlmanni Boulenger, 1909 Petrocephalus sullivani Lavoué, C. D. Hopkins & Kamdem Toham 2004 Petrocephalus tanensis Whitehead & Greenwood 1959 Petrocephalus tenuicauda (Steindachner 1894) Petrocephalus valentini Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 Petrocephalus wesselsi B. J. Kramer & van der Bank, 2000 Petrocephalus zakoni [Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
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