Petrocephalus arnegardi

Petrocephalus arnegardi
Paratype from Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Congo River, Republic of the Congo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Petrocephalus
Species:	P. arnegardi
Binomial name
Petrocephalus arnegardi Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014 [1]

Petrocephalus arnegardi is a species of electric fish in the genus Petrocephalus which is native to the Central Congo River basin. It is found in the middle Congo River and in the Likouala River drainage, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Etymology

It is named after Matthew E. Arnegard (b. 1967), ^[4] an expert on elephantfishes. ^[1]

Description

Petrocephalus arnegardi grow to 9 cm (3.5 in) SL. It is a silvery white fish with three distinct bilateral melanin marks: one slightly anterior to the dorsal fin, another at the base of the pectoral fin, and one centered at the base of the caudal fin. The mouth is small and subterminal. ^[1]

References

1. Lavoué, S.; Sullivan, J.P. (2014). "Petrocephalus boboto and Petrocephalus arnegardi, two new species of African electric fish (Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae) from the Congo River basin". ZooKeys (400): 43–65. Bibcode:2014ZooK..400...43L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.400.6743 . PMC   4023242 . PMID   24843255.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus arnegardi". FishBase . November 2014 version.
3. "Two New Electric Fish Species Discovered in Democratic Republic of Congo". Sci-news.com. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
4. 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.