Taxonomy Profile: Petrocephalus (Marcusen 1854)

Petrocephalus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Genus
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Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Petrocephalus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Osteoglossomorpha
Order : Osteoglossiformes
bonytongues |
Suborder : Osteoglossoidei
Superfamily : Mormyroidea
Family : Mormyridae
elephant fishes |
mormyrids |
Petrocephalus Direct Children(s):
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 gliroides
(Vinciguerra 1897)
Petrocephalus grandoculis
(Boulenger 1920)
Petrocephalus guttatus
(Fowler 1936)
Petrocephalus hutereaui
(Boulenger 1913)
Petrocephalus keatingii
(Boulenger 1901)
Petrocephalus levequei
(Bigorne and Paugy in Lévêque Paugy and Teugels 1990)
Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus
(Bigorne and Paugy in Lévêque Paugy and Teugels 1990)
Petrocephalus sauvagii
(Boulenger 1887)
Petrocephalus simus
(Sauvage 1879)
Petrocephalus soudanensis
(Bigorne and Paugy in Lévêque Paugy and Teugels 1990)
Petrocephalus squalostoma
(Boulenger 1915)
Petrocephalus tenuicauda
(Steindachner 1894)
Petrocephalus wesselsi
(Kramer and Van der Bank 2000)
Petrocephalus: References
Expert(s):
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Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004
Acquired:
2004-05-13
Notes:
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
Reference for:
Petrocephalus
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Petrocephalus: Comments