Petrocephalus leo Lavoué, 2016
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Petrocephalus leo Lavoué, 2016
- Name authority
- Lavoué, 2016
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Osteoglossiformes
- Family
- Mormyridae
- Genus
- Petrocephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderOsteoglossiformes
- familyMormyridae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusPetrocephalus Marcusen, 1854
- speciesPetrocephalus leo Lavoué, 2016
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Petrocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger, 1903 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes, 1847) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus christyi Boulenger, 1920 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus gliroides (Vinciguerra, 1897) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus grandoculis Boulenger, 1920 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus haullevillii Boulenger, 1912 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus hutereaui (Boulenger, 1913) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus longianalis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus magnitrunci Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus magnoculis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus microphthalmus Pellegrin, 1909 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petrocephalus odzalaensis Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Lavoué, S. (2016). Petrocephalus leo, a new species of African electric fish (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) from the Oubangui River basin (Congo basin). Zootaxa, 4121. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.6 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4FDXF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.