Biology:Petrocephalus stuhlmanni
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Short description: Species of fish
| Petrocephalus stuhlmanni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Petrocephalus |
| Species: | P. stuhlmanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrocephalus stuhlmanni Boulenger 1909
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Petrocephalus stuhlmanni" 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 ☰ Q14084214 entry
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