Biology:Petrocephalus magnitrunci
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| Petrocephalus magnitrunci | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Petrocephalus |
| Species: | P. magnitrunci
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrocephalus magnitrunci B. J. Kramer I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012
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Petrocephalus magnitrunci is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, it is found in the Boro River in central part of the Okavango Delta. It is also reported from the Okavango in Angola.[1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 8.9 cm (3.5 in).[2]
Etymology
The fishes name means magnus (L.), great; trunci, from truncus, trunk , the body is described as rounded-oval with an egg-like shape.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Petrocephalus magnitrunci" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Family MORMYRIDAE Bonaparte 1831 (Elephantfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/mormyridae/.
Wikidata ☰ Q14084208 entry
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