You can sponsor this page

Petrocephalus zakoni Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010

Upload your photos and videos
Pictures | Google image
Image of Petrocephalus zakoni
No image available for this species;
drawing shows typical species in Mormyridae.


Congo (Brazzaville) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Lékoli River (Likouala River drainage, middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 85331). Also reported from "Lower Congo (Pool Malebo)" (Ref. 85331), but it is unclear if this is actually in Pool Malebo or in the lower Congo. Type locality of the holotype of Petrocephalus zakoni: 'Republic of the Congo, small channel around island in Lékoli River (Congo basin), Odzala National Park, 0.62°N, 14.95°E' (Ref. 85331).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lavoué, S., J.P. Sullivan and M.E. Arnegard, 2010
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Petrocephalus: Latin, petra = stone + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335);  zakoni: This species is named in honor of Harold H. Zakon; in addition to his many contributions to neuroethology, which inspires a new area of research on genes that underlie electrolocation and electrical communication in gymnotiform and mormyroid fishes (Ref. 85331).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología


Warning: mysqli::__construct(): (HY000/1040): Too many connections in /var/www/html/includes/func_getlabel.php on line 46
Can't connect to MySQL database (fbapp). Errorcode: Too many connections