Petrocephalus balayi
| Ogooue River mormyrid | |
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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. balayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrocephalus balayi Sauvage, 1883
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The Ogooue River mormyrid, Petrocephalus balayi, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in the Ogowe River in Gabon and the Congo River basin in Cameroon, Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of French explorer and colonial administrator Noel Eugene Balay (1847–1902), who collected the holotype specimen.[3]
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 balayi". 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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