Petrocephalus keatingii
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Petrocephalus keatingii is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only from the White Nile between Sobat confluence and Khartoum.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.
Size
This species reaches a length of {{convert|12.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Petrocephalus |species= keatingii| month = February | year = 2015}}
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of British military surgeon Henry Porringer Keatinge (1861–1928), the director of the Government School of Medicine, in Cairo.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/mormyridae/ | title = Family MORMYRIDAE Bonaparte 1831 (Elephantfishes) | access-date= 12 November 2024 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
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Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Category:Fish described in 1901
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