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Mormyridae (Elephantfishes)
Etymology: Petrocephalus: Latin, petra = stone + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335); boboto: The name boboto is a word in Lingala, the language spoken at the type locality of Petrocephalus boboto, meaning “peace”, alluding to the right of all people of D.R. Congo to live in peace and safety (Ref. 96601).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / Mức độ sâu / distribution range
Sinh thái học
; Nước ngọt gần đáy. Tropical
Africa: only known from the main channel of the Congo River at Yangambi, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 96601).
Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age
Chín muồi sinh dục: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.7 cm SL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 96601)
Diagnosis: Petrocephalus boboto is distinguished from all other Petrocephalus species of Central Africa by the following combination of characteristics: three distinctive bilateral black spots on body, one at origin of the pectoral fin, one at origin of caudal fin and one on flank just below anterior part of dorsal fin; two distinct electroreceptive rosettes in head, the third rosette reduced in size to few knollenorgan pores; 23 branched rays in dorsal fin and 34 branched rays in anal fin; and triphasic EOD waveform of normal polarity (Ref. 96601).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Các trứng | Sự sinh sản | Ấu trùng
Lavoué, S. and J.P. Sullivan, 2014. Petrocephalus boboto and Petrocephalus arnegardi, two new species of African electric fish (Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae) from the Congo River basin. ZooKeys 400:43-65. (Ref. 96601)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Tài liệu tham khảo
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00684 - 0.03506), b=2.86 (2.68 - 3.04), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Mức dinh dưỡng (Tài liệu tham khảo
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Thích nghi nhanh (Tài liệu tham khảo
120179): Chiêù cao, thời gian nhân đôi của chủng quần tối thiểu là dưới 15 tháng (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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