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Petrocephalus bovei

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Species of fish

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Species: P. bovei
Binomial name
Petrocephalus bovei
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Mormyrus bovei Valenciennes 1847

Petrocephalus bovei is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, known from Côte d'Ivoire, also found in Chad, Niger, Volta River, Gambia and Senegal basins, including the Nile.

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Nicolas Bové (1812–1841), a Luxembourgian gardener, botanist and collector who supplied the type specimen material to the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.

References

  1. Gosse, J.-P. (1984). Mormyridae. p. 63–122. En J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, París y MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus bovei". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family MORMYRIDAE Bonaparte 1831 (Elephantfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Petrocephalus bovei


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