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Petrocephalus steindachneri

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Petrocephalus steindachneri is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae. It is native to the Rufuji River system, Tanzania [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish was named after Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834–1919), who had described this species in 1914 but used a preoccupied name, P. affinis Sauvage 1879 (=Stomatorhinus walkeri).[3]

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