''Petrocephalus'' is a

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in the

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Mormyridae. All the fish

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of this genus are

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Species

There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii''

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1903 (Agberi mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus arnegardi'' Lavoué & Sullivan 2014 Lavoué, S. & Sullivan, J.P. (2014): ''Petrocephalus boboto'' and ''Petrocephalus arnegardi'', two new species of African electric fish (Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae) from the Congo River basin. ''ZooKeys, 400: 43–65.'' (Arnegard mormyrid) * ''

Petrocephalus balayi ''Petrocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa. Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii'' Boulenger 1903 ( ...

'' Sauvage 1883 (Ogooue River mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus balteatus'' Rochebrune 1885 (Churchill snoutfish) * '' Petrocephalus bane'' (

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, 1803) * '' Petrocephalus binotatus'' Pellegrin 1924 (Ikengo mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus boboto'' Lavoué & Sullivan 2014 (Boboto mormyrid) * ''

Petrocephalus bovei ''Petrocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa. Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii'' Boulenger 1903 ( ...

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1847) (baby whale) * ''

Petrocephalus catostoma ''Petrocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa. Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii'' Boulenger 1903 (A ...

'' ( Günther 1866) (Churchill) * ''

Petrocephalus christyi ''Petrocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa. Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii'' Boulenger 1903 (A ...

1920 (Lindi mormyrid) * ''

Petrocephalus congicus ''Petrocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa. Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii'' Boulenger 1903 (A ...

'' L. R. David & Poll 1937 (Mukishi River mormyrid) * ''

Petrocephalus cunganus ''Petrocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa. Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii'' Boulenger 1903 (A ...

1910 (Cuanza River mormyrid) * ''

Petrocephalus degeni ''Petrocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa. Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii'' Boulenger 1903 (A ...

1906 (Katonga River mormyrid) * ''

Petrocephalus frieli ''Petrocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa. Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii'' Boulenger 1903 ( ...

'' Lavoué 2012 Lavoué, S. (2012): ''Petrocephalus'' Marcusen, 1854 (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) of the Bangweulu-Mweru ecoregion (Luapula River system,

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), with the description of a new species. ''Journal of Natural History, 46 (35-36): 2159-2178.'' (Luapula River mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus gliroides'' ( Vinciguerra 1897) (Ganana River mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus grandoculis''

1920 * '' Petrocephalus haullevillii''

1912 * '' Petrocephalus hutereaui'' (

1913) (Uele mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus keatingii''

1901 (Fashoda mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus leo'' Lavoué, 2016 Lavoué, S. (2016): ''Petrocephalus leo'', a new species of African electric fish (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) from the Oubangui River basin (Congo basin). ''Zootaxa, 4121 (3): 319–330.'' (Kotto elephantfish) * '' Petrocephalus levequei'' Bigorne & Paugy 1990 (Sierra Leone elephantfish) * '' Petrocephalus longianalis'' B. J. Kramer I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012 (Lufubu River mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus longicapitis'' B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012 (Katima Mulilo mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus magnitrunci'' B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012 (Okavango mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus magnoculis'' B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012 (Cunene River mormyrid) * ''

Petrocephalus mbossou ''Petrocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa. Species There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petrocephalus ansorgii'' Boulenger 1903 (A ...

1887) (Sauvage's mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus schoutedeni'' Poll 1954 (Yangambi mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus similis'' Lavoué 2011 Lavoué, S. (2011): A new species of ''Petrocephalus'' Marcusen 1854 (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon. ''Zootaxa, 2934: 20-28.'' (Sanaga mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus simus'' Sauvage 1879 (roundnose mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus soudanensis'' Bigorne & Paugy 1990 (Loutou mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus squalostoma'' (

1915) (Lukinda mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus steindachneri'' Fowler 1958 (Msola mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus stuhlmanni''

1909 (Kingani mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus sullivani'' Lavoué, C. D. Hopkins & Kamdem Toham 2004 (Sullivan's mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus tanensis'' Whitehead &

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1959 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.'' (Tana-churchill) * '' Petrocephalus tenuicauda'' (

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1894) (Junk mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus valentini'' Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard 2010 (Lekoli mormyrid) * '' Petrocephalus wesselsi'' B. J. Kramer & van der Bank 2000 (Southern Churchill) * '' Petrocephalus zakoni'' Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard 2010 (Zakon mormyrid)

References

* Weakly electric fish Mormyridae Fish of Africa Ray-finned fish genera {{Osteoglossiformes-stub