Petrocephalus catostoma
| Churchill | |
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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. catostoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrocephalus catostoma (Günther, 1866)
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Petrocephalus catostoma, the Churchill, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the Rovuma River system including the Niassa Reserve, and the western confluences to Lake Malawi.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kramer, B., R. Bills, P. Skelton and M. Wink, 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus catostoma". FishBase. February 2015 version.
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