Petrocephalus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. All the fish species of this genus are endemic to Africa.
Species
There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus:
- Petrocephalus ansorgii <small>Boulenger, 1903</small>
- Petrocephalus arnegardi <small>Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014</small>
- Petrocephalus balayi <small>Sauvage, 1883</small>
- Petrocephalus balteatus <small>Rochebrune, 1885</small>
- Petrocephalus bane <small>(Lacépède, 1803)</small>
- Petrocephalus binotatus <small>Pellegrin, 1924</small>
- Petrocephalus boboto <small>[Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014</small>
- Petrocephalus bovei <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small>
- Petrocephalus catostoma <small>(Günther, 1866)</small>
- Petrocephalus christyi <small>Boulenger, 1920</small>
- Petrocephalus congicus <small>L. R. David & Poll, 1937</small>
- Petrocephalus cunganus <small>Boulenger, 1910</small>
- Petrocephalus degeni <small>Boulenger, 1906</small>
- Petrocephalus frieli <small>Lavoué, 2012</small>
- Petrocephalus gliroides <small>(Vinciguerra 1897)</small>
- Petrocephalus grandoculis <small>[Boulenger, 1920</small>
- Petrocephalus guttatus <small>Fowler, 1936</small>
- Petrocephalus haullevillii <small>Boulenger, 1912</small>
- Petrocephalus hutereaui <small>([Boulenger,] 1913)</small>
- Petrocephalus keatingii <small>Boulenger, 1901</small>
- Petrocephalus leo <small>Lavoué, 2016</small>
- Petrocephalus levequei <small>Bigorne & Paugy 1990</small>
- Petrocephalus longianalis <small>B. J. Kramer I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012</small>
- Petrocephalus longicapitis <small>B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012</small>
- Petrocephalus magnitrunci <small>B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012</small>
- Petrocephalus magnoculis <small>B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012</small>
- Petrocephalus mbossou <small>Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010</small>
- Petrocephalus microphthalmus <small>Pellegrin, 1909</small>
- Petrocephalus odzalaensis <small>Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010</small>
- Petrocephalus okavangensis <small>B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink 2012</small>
- Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus <small>Bigorne & Paugy, 1990</small>
- Petrocephalus pellegrini <small>Poll, 1941</small>
- Petrocephalus petersi <small>B. J. Kramer, I. R. Bills, P. H. Skelton & Wink, 2012</small>
- Petrocephalus pulsivertens <small>Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010</small>
- Petrocephalus sauvagii <small>(Boulenger, 1887)</small>
- Petrocephalus schoutedeni <small>Poll, 1954</small>
- Petrocephalus similis <small>Lavoué, 2011</small>
- Petrocephalus simus <small>Sauvage, 1879</small>
- Petrocephalus soudanensis <small>Bigorne & Paugy, 1990</small>
- Petrocephalus squalostoma <small>(Boulenger, 1915)</small>
- Petrocephalus steindachneri <small>Fowler, 1958</small>
- Petrocephalus stuhlmanni <small>Boulenger, 1909</small>
- Petrocephalus sullivani <small>Lavoué, C. D. Hopkins & Kamdem Toham 2004</small>
- Petrocephalus tanensis <small>Whitehead & Greenwood 1959</small>
- Petrocephalus tenuicauda <small>(Steindachner 1894)</small>
- Petrocephalus valentini <small>Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010</small>
- Petrocephalus wesselsi <small>B. J. Kramer & van der Bank, 2000</small>
- Petrocephalus zakoni <small>[Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010</small>
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