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Petrocephalus simus

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Petrocephalus simus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Mormyridae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Species:
P. simus
Binomial name
Petrocephalus simus
Sauvage, 1883
Synonyms
  • Gnathonemus simus Sauvage 1883

Petrocephalus simus is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in Guinea Bissau to Angola. Also widely distributed in the Congo River basin, in the Central African Republic, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and in Zambia. [1]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Gosse, J.-P. (1984). Mormyridae. p. 63–122. En J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, París y MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus simus". FishBase. February 2015 version.