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Petrocephalus
Marcusen, 1854
Petrocephalus balayi
Petrocephalus balayi
Sauvage, 1883; (valid as)
Mormyrus amblystoma
Gėnther, 1896; (synonym)
Petrocephalus ballayi
Boulenger, 1909; (unjustified emendation)
?Petrocephalus balteatus
Rochebrune, 1885
Petrocephalus bane
Marcusen, 1854
Mormyrus bane
Lacep¨de, 1803; (valid as)
Mormyrus dequesne
Valenciennes, 1847; (synonym)
Mormyrus ehrenbergii
Valenciennes, 1847; (synonym)
Mormyrus joannisii
Valenciennes, 1847; (synonym)
Petrocephalus bane
Gosse, 1984
P. b. ansorgii
Gosse, 1984
Petrocephalus ansorgii
Boulenger, 1903; (valid as)
P. b. comoensis
de Merona, 1979
P. b. tchadensis
Gosse, 1984
Petrocephalus bane tchadensis
Blache & Miton, 1961; (synonym)
Petrocephalus binotatus
Pellegrin, 1924
Petrocephalus bovei
Gosse, 1984
Mormyrus bovei
Valenciennes, 1847; (valid as)
P. b. guineensis
Reizer, Mattei & Chevalier, 1973
Petrocephalus bovei occidentalis
Reizer, Mattei & Chevalier, 1973; (misspelling)
Petrocephalus brevipedunculatus
Svensson, 1933
Petrocephalus catostoma
Gosse, 1984
Mormyrus catostoma
Gėnther, 1866; (valid as)
Petrocephalus degeni
Boulenger, 1906; (synonym)
Petrocephalus stuhlmanni
Boulenger, 1909; (synonym)
Petrocephalus haullevillii
Boulenger, 1912; (synonym)
P. c. congicus
Gosse, 1984
Petrocephalus stuhlmanni congicus
David & Poll, 1937; (synonym)
P. c. tanensis
Whitehead & Greenwood, 1959
Petrocephalus christyi
Boulenger, 1920
Petrocephalus cunganus
Boulenger, 1910
Petrocephalus gliroides
Gosse, 1984
Mormyrus gliroides
Vinciguerra, 1897; (valid as)
Petrocephalus grandoculis
Boulenger, 1920
Petrocephalus guttatus
Fowler, 1936
Petrocephalus hutereaui
Gosse, 1984
Marcusenius hutereaui
Boulenger, 1913; (valid as)
Petrocephalus keatingii
Boulenger, 1901
Petrocephalus levequei
Bigorne & Paugy, 1991
Petrocephalus microphthalmus
Pellegrin, 1908
Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus
Bigorne & Paugy, 1991
Petrocephalus pellegrini
Poll, 1941
Petrocephalus sauvagii
Gosse, 1984
Mormyrus sauvagii
Boulenger, 1887; (valid as)
Petrocephalus sauvagii
Boulenger, 1887; (valid as)
Petrocephalus schoutedeni
Poll, 1954
Petrocephalus simus
Sauvage, 1879
Petrocephalus soudanensis
Bigorne & Paugy, 1991
Petrocephalus squalostoma
Gosse, 1984
Marcusenius squalostoma
Boulenger, 1915; (valid as)
Petrocephalus steindachneri
Fowler, 1958
Petrocephalus affinis
Steindachner, 1914; (1 homonym)
Petrocephalus steindachneri
Fowler, 1958; (replacement)
Petrocephalus tenuicauda
Mormyrus tenuicauda
Steindachner, 1895; (valid as)
Petrocephalus tenuicauda
Bigorne & Paugy, 1991; (valid as)
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Additional information sources:
The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by;
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Igor Sheremetyev
; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.