Petrocephalus steindachneri

Petrocephalus steindachneri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Mormyridae
Genus:	Petrocephalus
Species:	P. steindachneri
Binomial name
Petrocephalus steindachneri Fowler, 1958

Petrocephalus steindachneri is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae. It is native to the Rufuji River system, Tanzania ^[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in). ^[2]

Etymology

The fish was named after Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834–1919), who had described this species in 1914 but used a preoccupied name, P. affinisSauvage 1879 (=Stomatorhinus walkeri). ^[3]

References

1. 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.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus steindachneri". 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.