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Petrocephalus microphthalmus
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Petrocephalus microphthalmus

Petrocephalus microphthalmus is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the Sanaga River in the north to the more southern Kouilou-Niari River, including the rivers Ntem and Ogowe. It's also found in the middle Congo River basin, downstream up to the lower Congo River near Brazzaville and southwards towards Angola....

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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 109196.