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Petrocephalus catostoma

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Species of fish

Churchill
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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. catostoma
Binomial name
Petrocephalus catostoma
(Günther, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Mormyrus catostoma Günther 1866

Petrocephalus catostoma, the Churchill, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the Rovuma River system including the Niassa Reserve, and the western confluences to Lake Malawi.

Size

This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in).

References

  1. Kramer, B., R. Bills, P. Skelton and M. Wink, 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus catostoma". FishBase. February 2015 version.
Taxon identifiers
Petrocephalus catostoma


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