Petrocephalus balayi

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Petrocephalus balayi
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Petrocephalus balayi, 1883
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Species:
P. balayi
Binomial name
Petrocephalus balayi
Sauvage, 1883
Synonyms
  • Gnathonemus balayiSauvage 1883

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 the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of French explorer and colonial administrator Noel Eugene Balay (1847–1902), who collected the holotype specimen. [3]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus balayi". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  3. ↑ 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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