Petrocephalus tenuicauda, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found along the Atlantic Guinean slope.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Mormyridae |
Genus: | Petrocephalus |
Species: | P. tenuicauda
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Binomial name | |
Petrocephalus tenuicauda Steindachner, 1894
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 11.3 cm (4.4 in).[2]
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 tenuicauda". FishBase. February 2015 version.