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Long-head Churchill
Petrocephalus longicapitis
Petrocephalus longicapitis is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, it is found in the upper and middle Zambezi River. Also in the Okavango in Angola.
From the article Petrocephalus longicapitis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fish's name means longus (L.), "long"; capitis (L.), "of the head", referring to its long head length (25.8– 29.6% of SL).
== 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 617549.