Petrocephalus haullevillii is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in Africa and only in the Kouilou-Niari and Chiloango River basins.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Petrocephalus |
| Species: | P. haullevillii
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrocephalus haullevillii Boulenger 1912
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe fish was named after Alphonse de Haulleville (1860–1938) who was the director of the Congo Museum (Tervuren, Belgium).[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus haullevillii". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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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