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Petrocephalus Marcusen 1854

Original Published Description:

Marcusen, J. (1854).  Vorläufige Mittheilung aus einer Abhandlung über die Familie der Mormyren. Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. 12, 1–14.

Taxonomic Children

Total: 38

Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger, 1903, Petrocephalus balayi Sauvage, 1883, Petrocephalus bane (Lacepède, 1803), Petrocephalus binotatus Pellegrin, 1924, Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847), Petrocephalus catostoma (Günther, 1866), Petrocephalus christyi Boulenger, 1920, Petrocephalus cunganus Boulenger, 1910, Petrocephalus frieli Lavoué, 2012, Petrocephalus gliroides (Vinciguerra, 1897), Petrocephalus grandoculis Boulenger, 1920, Petrocephalus hutereaui (Boulenger, 1913), Petrocephalus keatingii Boulenger, 1901, Petrocephalus levequei Bigorne and Paugy in Lévêque, Paugy and Teugels, 1990, Petrocephalus longianalis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012, Petrocephalus longicapitis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012, Petrocephalus magnitrunci Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012, Petrocephalus magnoculis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012, Petrocephalus mbossou Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010, Petrocephalus microphthalmus Pellegrin, 1908, Petrocephalus odzalaensis Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010, Petrocephalus okavangensis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012, Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus Bigorne and Paugy in Lévêque, Paugy and Teugels, 1990, Petrocephalus pellegrini Poll, 1941, Petrocephalus petersi Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012, Petrocephalus pulsivertens Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010, Petrocephalus sauvagii (Boulenger, 1887), Petrocephalus schoutedeni Poll, 1954, Petrocephalus similis Lavoué, 2011, Petrocephalus simus Sauvage, 1879, Petrocephalus soudanensis Bigorne and Paugy in Lévêque, Paugy and Teugels, 1990, Petrocephalus squalostoma (Boulenger, 1915), Petrocephalus sullivani Lavoué, Hopkins & Kamdem, 2004, Petrocephalus tanensis Whitehead & Greenwood, 1959, Petrocephalus tenuicauda (Steindachner, 1894), Petrocephalus valentini Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010, Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer & van der Bank, 2000, Petrocephalus zakoni Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010

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