Petrocephalus sauvagii is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the Congo River basin and Niger Delta in Africa.[1]
Petrocephalus sauvagii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Mormyridae |
Genus: | Petrocephalus |
Species: | P. sauvagii
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Binomial name | |
Petrocephalus sauvagii (Boulenger 1887)
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Synonyms | |
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 17.5 cm (6.9 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of French zoologist Henri Émile Sauvage (1842–1917).[3]
References
edit- ^ Lévêque, C.D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.), 1990. Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome 1. Coll. Faune Tropicale N° 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France. 384 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus sauvagii". 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.