Petrocephalus sauvagii
| Sauvage's 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. sauvagii
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrocephalus sauvagii (Boulenger 1887)
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The Sauvage's mormyrid, Petrocephalus sauvagii, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the Congo River basin and Niger Delta in Africa.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 17.5 cm (6.9 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of French zoologist Henri Émile Sauvage (1842–1917).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Lévêque, C.D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.), 1990. Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome 1. Coll. Faune Tropicale N° 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France. 384 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus sauvagii". 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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