Petrocephalus wesselsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Mormyridae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Species: Petrocephalus wesselsi

Name

• Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer & van der Bank, 2000

Holotype: ZSM 28556. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 54449 (13); SMF 28266 (13); ZSM 28554 (1), 28555 (1), 28557-66 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1).

Type locality: South Africa, Kruger National Park, Sabie River, bridge near Lower Sabie tourist camp. 25°07'S, 31°55'E.[1]

Vernacular names

English: Southern Churchill

References

• Kramer, B. & van der Bank, F. H.; 2000: The southern churchill, Petrocephalus wesselsi, a new species of mormyrid from South Africa defined by electric organ discharges, genetics, and morphology. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 59 (4): 393–413.
• 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. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.708452
• Petrocephalus wesselsi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.