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Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger, 1903

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Boulenger, G. A. (1903). Second account of the fishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 324-330, Pls. 28-29.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osteoglossiformes
family
Mormyridae
genus
Petrocephalus
species
Petrocephalus ansorgii

Name

Synonyms
Petrocephalus bane ansorgii Boulenger, 1903
Homonyms
Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger, 1903
Common names
Agberi Mormyrid in English
Faya in language.
Okpukpu in language.
Rypoun agberský in language.
Spatennilhecht in German
Камнеголов Ансорги in Russian
Agberi Mormyrid in English
Faya in language.
Okpukpu in language.
Rypoun agberský in language.
Spatennilhecht in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Boulenger, G. A. (1903). Second account of the fishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 324-330, Pls. 28-29.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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