Mormyridae

Southern Churchill

Petrocephalus wesselsi

Eleven Point Four Centimeters Mormyrid Fish of African Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Small
• Tropical fish

Petrocephalus wesselsi, commonly known as the Southern Churchill, is a species of weakly electric fish in the family Mormyridae, commonly known as elephantfishes. This species was described in 2000 by Kramer and van der Bank.