Petrocephalus sullivani

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

Petrocephalus sullivani is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, it is found widespread in Gabon. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 9.3 cm (3.7 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of colleague and friend John P. Sullivan (b. 1965), of the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates in Ithaca, New York, USA, because of his contributions to mormyrid systematics. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Moelants, T. (2010). "Petrocephalus sullivani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T182527A7905444. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182527A7905444.en . Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Lavoué, S.; C.D. Hopkins; A. Kamdem Toham (2004). "The Petrocephalus (Pisces, Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae) of Gabon, Central Africa, with the description of a new species". Zoosystema. 26 (3): 511–535.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus sullivani". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 November 2024). "Family MORMYRIDAE Bonaparte 1831 (Elephantfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 November 2024.


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