Petrocephalus christyi

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Petrocephalus christyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Species:
P. christyi
Binomial name
Petrocephalus christyi
Boulenger 1920

Petrocephalus christyi is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in Africa, being widespread in the Congo River basin, from the rapids just below Pool Malebo to the upper Lualaba, in Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 7.7 cm (3.0 in). [2]

Etymology

Petrocephalus christyi was named after Cuthbert Christy (1863–1932), an English physician who specialized in sleeping sickness, a zoologist, an explorer, and the director of the Congo Museum (Tervuren, Belgium). He 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 christyi". 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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