Petrocephalus schoutedeni is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found the coastal basins between Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire, part of the Sassandra River. it is also known from the Niandan River, which is an affluent of the Niger River in Guinea and also from the upper Cavally River in Liberia, Guinea and Ghana. [1]
| Petrocephalus schoutedeni | |
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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. schoutedeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrocephalus schoutedeni Poll, 1954
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 9.1 cm (3.6 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe fish was named after Belgian zoologist Henri Schouteden (1881–1972), who collected many of the new species in the Belgian Congo, for the "tireless work he displayed during his long career in the service of science" (translation).[3]
References
edit- ^ Bigorne, R., 1990. Mormyridae. p. 122-184. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. tome 1. Faune Trop. 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and ORSTOM, Paris.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus schoutedeni". 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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