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Petrocephalus longicapitis

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Species of fish

Petrocephalus longicapitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Species: P. longicapitis
Binomial name
Petrocephalus longicapitis
B. J. Kramer I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012

Petrocephalus longicapitis is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, it is found in the upper and middle Zambezi River. Also in the Okavango in Angola.

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).

Etymology

The fishes name means longus (L.), long; capitis (L.), of the head, referring to long head length (25.8– 29.6% of SL).

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus longicapitis". 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 longicapitis


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