Petrocephalus simus is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in Guinea Bissau to Angola. Also widely distributed in the Congo River basin, in the Central African Republic, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and in Zambia. [1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Petrocephalus |
| Species: | P. simus
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| Petrocephalus simus Sauvage, 1883
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[2]
References
edit- ^ Gosse, J.-P. (1984). Mormyridae. p. 63–122. En J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, París y MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrocephalus simus". FishBase. February 2015 version.
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