Petrocephalus

Petrocephalus
Two species of Petrocephalus (above)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
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.

Species

Cladistics of Petrocephalus

There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Petrocephalus". FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Petrocephalus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. 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. Bibcode:2014ZooK..400...43L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.400.6743. PMC 4023242. PMID 24843255.
  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. Bibcode:2012JNatH..46.2159L. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.708449.
  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.6. PMID 27395226.
  6. 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" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 46 (35–36): 2179–2258. Bibcode:2012JNatH..46.2179K. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.708452.
  7. ↑ Lavoué, S. (2011). "A new species of Petrocephalus Marcusen 1854 (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon". Zootaxa. 2934: 20–28. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2934.1.2.