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Petrocephalus stuhlmanni

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

Petrocephalus stuhlmanni is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in the rivers Ruvu and Wami in Tanzania. [1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.9 cm (3.1 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of German zoologist and explorer Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863–1928), who, along with Emin Pascha, led the German East Africa Expedition (1889–1892), during which the holotype specimen was collected.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kramer, B., R. Bills, P. Skelton and M. Wink, 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 stuhlmanni". 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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