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Petrocephalus schoutedeni
Petrocephalus schoutedeni is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the coastal basins between Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire, part of the Sassandra River. it is also known from the Niandan River, which is an affluent of the Niger River in Guinea, and also from the upper Cavally River in Liberia, Guinea and Ghana.
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In human culture
The fish was named after Belgian zoologist Henri Schouteden (1881–1972), who collected many of the new species in the Belgian Congo, for the "tireless work he displayed during his long career in the service of science".
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 109200.