Petrocephalus sullivani, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, it is found widespread in Gabon.[1]
| Petrocephalus sullivani | |
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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. sullivani
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrocephalus sullivani | |
Size
editThis species reaches a length of 9.3 cm (3.7 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of colleague and friend John P. Sullivan (b. 1965), of the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates in Ithaca, New York, USA, because of his contributions to mormyrid systematics.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lavoué, S., C.D. Hopkins and A. Kamdem Toham, 2004. The Petrocephalus (Pisces, Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae) of Gabon, Central Africa, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema 26(3):511-535.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus sullivani". 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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