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Mormyridae
Petrocephalus soudanensis
Petrocephalus soudanensis
Ten Point Eight Centimeters Mormyrid Fish from African Waters
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallPetrocephalus soudanensis is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 10.8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Bonytongues
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Genus
- Petrocephalus
- Maximum length
- 10.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: Upper and lower Niger, upper reaches of the Benue, coastal Nigerian basins, Volta and Chad basins.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
