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

Petrocephalus okavangensis is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, it is found in the Okavango River drainage system, from the headwaters in Angola in the north, to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pan region in Botswana in the south. It is also reported from the Zambezi in Angola.

Size

This species reaches a length of 9.5 cm (3.7 in).

Etymology

The fishes name denotes a place: the Okavango River drainage, Botswana and Namibia, where it is endemic.

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 okavangensis". 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.

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