Petrocephalus squalostoma is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in the upper Congo River basin; the Lukinda River a Lake Mweru tributary in Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Luapula River system as far up as the Chambeshi River in Zambia. [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. squalostoma
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| Petrocephalus squalostoma (Boulenger 1915)
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 12.2 cm (4.8 in).[2]
References
edit- ^ Gosse, J.-P. (1984). Mormyridae. p. 63–122. En J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, París y MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus squalostoma". FishBase. February 2015 version.
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