Petrocephalus binotatus
Appearance
Ikengo mormyrid | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Mormyridae |
Genus: | Petrocephalus |
Species: | P. binotatus
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Binomial name | |
Petrocephalus binotatus Pellegrin, 1924
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Synonyms | |
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The Ikengo mormyrid, Petrocephalus binotatus, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the middle Congo River basin, from Pool Malebo up to the Wagenia Falls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 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 binotatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.