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Petrocephalus longianalis

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Petrocephalus longianalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Species:
P. longianalis
Binomial name
Petrocephalus longianalis

Petrocephalus longianalis is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in the lower and upper Luapula River system in Zambia. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 11.9 cm (4.7 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish's name means longus (L.), "long"; analis (L.), "anal", referring to higher number of anal-fin rays (30–35) compared with congeners covered in the authors' study. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Kramer, B., Bills, R., Skelton, P. & Wink, M. (2012): A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species. Journal of Natural History, 46 (35-36): 2179-2258.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus longianalis". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  3. ↑ 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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