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Petrocephalus magnoculis

Petrocephalus magnoculis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Species:
P. magnoculis
Binomial name
Petrocephalus magnoculis

Petrocephalus magnoculis is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, it is found in the Cunene River below the Ruacana Falls in Namibia and Angola.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 10.9 cm (4.3 in).[2]

Etymology

The fishes name means magnus (L.), great; oculus (L.), eye, referring to its large eye diameter (25.9–32.9% of the head length).[3]

References

  1. ^ Kramer, B., Bills, R., Skelton, P. & Wink, M. (2012): A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species. Journal of Natural History, 46 (35-36): 2179-2258.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus magnoculis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family MORMYRIDAE Bonaparte 1831 (Elephantfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 November 2024.


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