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Petrocephalus
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Petrocephalus

Petrocephalus is a genus of fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa.

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47 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 47 known species

Southern Churchill

speciesPetrocephalus wesselsi

Roundnose Mormyrid

speciesPetrocephalus simus

Okavango Churchill

speciesPetrocephalus okavangensis

Petrocephalus bovei

speciesPetrocephalus bovei

Churchill

speciesPetrocephalus catostoma

Petrocephalus sullivani

speciesPetrocephalus sullivani

Petrocephalus pellegrini

speciesPetrocephalus pellegrini

Large-bodied Churchill

speciesPetrocephalus magnitrunci

Long-head Churchill

speciesPetrocephalus longicapitis

Petrocephalus steindachneri

speciesPetrocephalus steindachneri

Petrocephalus balayi

speciesPetrocephalus balayi

Petrocephalus tenuicauda

speciesPetrocephalus tenuicauda

Petrocephalus grandoculis

speciesPetrocephalus grandoculis

Petrocephalus squalostoma

speciesPetrocephalus squalostoma

Petrocephalus zakoni

speciesPetrocephalus zakoni

Petrocephalus levequei

speciesPetrocephalus levequei

Petrocephalus boboto

speciesPetrocephalus boboto

Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus

speciesPetrocephalus pallidomaculatus

Petrocephalus microphthalmus

speciesPetrocephalus microphthalmus

Petrocephalus odzalaensis

speciesPetrocephalus odzalaensis

Petrocephalus soudanensis

speciesPetrocephalus soudanensis

Petrocephalus bane

speciesPetrocephalus bane

Petrocephalus arnegardi

speciesPetrocephalus arnegardi

Petrocephalus congicus

speciesPetrocephalus congicus

Petrocephalus frieli

speciesPetrocephalus frieli

Petrocephalus leo

speciesPetrocephalus leo

Petrocephalus longianalis

speciesPetrocephalus longianalis

Petrocephalus magnoculis

speciesPetrocephalus magnoculis

Petrocephalus mbossou

speciesPetrocephalus mbossou

Petrocephalus petersi

speciesPetrocephalus petersi

Petrocephalus pulsivertens

speciesPetrocephalus pulsivertens

Petrocephalus similis

speciesPetrocephalus similis

Petrocephalus stuhlmanni

speciesPetrocephalus stuhlmanni

Petrocephalus valentini

speciesPetrocephalus valentini

Petrocephalus balteatus

speciesPetrocephalus balteatus

Petrocephalus haullevillii

speciesPetrocephalus haullevillii

Petrocephalus gliroides

speciesPetrocephalus gliroides

Petrocephalus schoutedeni

speciesPetrocephalus schoutedeni

Petrocephalus binotatus

speciesPetrocephalus binotatus

Petrocephalus keatingii

speciesPetrocephalus keatingii

Petrocephalus ansorgii

speciesPetrocephalus ansorgii

Petrocephalus sauvagii

speciesPetrocephalus sauvagii

Petrocephalus christyi

speciesPetrocephalus christyi

Petrocephalus tanensis

speciesPetrocephalus tanensis

Petrocephalus cunganus

speciesPetrocephalus cunganus

Petrocephalus hutereaui

speciesPetrocephalus hutereaui

Petrocephalus degeni

speciesPetrocephalus degeni

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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 90960.