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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA3FFD3A2F6FA3961153787" box="[143,278,1507,1530]" italics="true" pageId="67" pageNumber="2244">Description.</emphasis>
Body round-oval shape (
<figureCitation id="13122A27FFA3FFD3A04AFA3862943787" box="[563,663,1506,1530]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="5.[143,210,1254,1276]" captionText="Figure 2(AD). Photographs of members of southern and eastern African Petrocephalus species studied (numbers refer to localities given in Figures 1, 6 and 9). (1) P. catostoma (Günther, 1866), Lectotype, BMNH 1863.10.12.4, right side, SL 4.7 cm. (2) P. stuhlmanni Boulenger, 1909, holotype, BMNH 1907.12.3.1, SL 7.9 cm. (3) P. wesselsi Kramer and Van der Bank, 2000, right side, SL 9.7 cm, SAIAB 85922 (R1). (7) P. longicapitis sp. nov., SMF 28265 (R1), SL 9 cm. (9) P. okavangensis sp. nov., holotype, SAIAB 030046, right side, SL 6.1 cm. (10) P. catostoma tanensis Whitehead and Greenwood, 1959, holotype, BMNH 1963.11.29.1, right side, SL 6.7 cm. (10a) P. tanensis, field no. Ta05na, SL 8.7 cm, SAIAB 85907. (12) P. longianalis sp. nov., holotype, SL 8.2 cm, right side, SAIAB 76758. (21) P. petersi sp. nov., holotype, SAIAB 060846, right side, SL 6.4 cm. (23) P. magnoculis sp. nov., SL 8.9 cm, ZSM 38659. (24) P. haullevillii Boulenger, 1912, BMNH 1912.4.1.186188 (R1), right side, SL 5.7 cm. (25) P. steindachneri Fowler 1958, syntype, NMW 55118:3, right side, SL 6.4 cm. (26) P. stuhlmanni congicus David and Poll, 1937, syntype, MRAC 30807-30808, SL 7.8 cm. (27) P. degeni Boulenger, 1906, BMNH 1906.5.30.84, right side, SL 8.12 cm. (28) P. catostoma, SAIAB 73894 (R1), right side, SL 6.4 cm. (31) P. magnitrunci sp. nov., SL 8.5 cm, SAIAB 67069 (R5, right side), see map Figure 6. Scale bar, 1 cm." pageId="67" pageNumber="2244">Figure 2</figureCitation>
, no. 21). Head broadly rounded with a small ventrally positioned subterminal mouth, situated ventral to the eye; head and body dorsolaterally compressed. Dorsal fin (a) origin situated about two-thirds of standard length from snout, (b) obliquely orientated, anteriorly higher and posteriorly lower, (c) distal margin crescentic with anterior two or three rays longer than posterior rays, and (d) number of rays 18 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA3FFD3A077F959621834E7" box="[526,539,1667,1690]" italics="true" pageId="67" pageNumber="2244">n</emphasis>
= 2), 19 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA3FFD3A0ECF95962A134E7" box="[661,674,1667,1690]" italics="true" pageId="67" pageNumber="2244">n</emphasis>
= 2), 20 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA3FFD3A164F959632934E7" box="[797,810,1667,1690]" italics="true" pageId="67" pageNumber="2244">n</emphasis>
= 7). Anal fin (a) longer than dorsal fin, (b) opposite dorsal fin with slightly more anterior origin, (c) obliquely orientated, anteriorly lower and posteriorly higher, (d) anterior 10 or so rays longer than posterior ones, especially in males where they also appear stronger, (e) margin broadly rounded, (f) rays posterior to first 10 with distal margin straight, (g) number of rays 25 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A32AFEF261633342" box="[339,352,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">n</emphasis>
= 4), 26 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A3ACFEF261E13342" box="[469,482,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">n</emphasis>
= 7). Forked tail fin with rounded lobes. Scales cycloid with reticulate striae, scales extending anteriorly to operculum and pectoral fins (beyond pelvics). Scales on caudal peduncle circumference, 12 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A146FEB2634F3302" box="[831,844,360,383]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">n</emphasis>
= 1), 13 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A1B8FEB263CD3302" box="[961,974,360,383]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">n</emphasis>
= 1), 14 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A63DFEB264523302" box="[1092,1105,360,383]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">n</emphasis>
= 2), 15 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A286FE52610F33E2" box="[255,268,392,415]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">n</emphasis>
= 1), 16 (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A3FAFE52619333E2" box="[387,400,392,415]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">n</emphasis>
= 6). Caudal peduncle slender, subcylindrical entire length, usually 19.7% (18.520.8%) of SL (
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). Males with kink in anal fin base, which is absent in juveniles and females where the anal fin base is straight.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9636A2FFA4FFD4A2AAFDDC62583063" blockId="68.[211,603,518,542]" box="[211,603,518,542]" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A2AAFDDC61CD3063" box="[211,462,518,542]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">Colour in preservation.</emphasis>
Light beige.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9636A2FFA4FFD4A2AAFD9C631B30A0" blockId="68.[211,1172,582,733]" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A2AAFD9C61313023" box="[211,306,582,606]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">Ecology.</emphasis>
Only collected at one site near camp 1 where local fisherwomen had poisoned a small stream. One of two mormyrids present there and it accounted for less than 4% of the population. The habitat was a medium-sized stream, sand substrate with lots of leaf litter and marginal grass.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A03BFD7C632930C0" box="[578,810,678,702]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">Petrocephalus petersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is regarded as rare, and prefers freshwater (
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A3D5FD1C61C230A0" box="[428,449,710,733]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">&lt;</emphasis>
1% salinity). Online
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9636A2FFA4FFD4A2AAFCDF63BD3160" blockId="68.[211,958,773,797]" box="[211,958,773,797]" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A2AAFCDF61633160" box="[211,352,773,797]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">Distribution.</emphasis>
Presently only known from the
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delta region.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9636A2FFA4FFD4A2AAFC9F623F31A1" blockId="68.[211,1172,837,988]" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A2AAFC9F61523120" box="[211,337,837,861]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A049FC9C627B3120" box="[560,632,838,861]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">petersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is given in honour of the German herpetologist Wilhelm C. H. Peters who, until recently, during his
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A12DFCBF622031E0" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique 18421848</emphasis>
, had carried out the only major fish survey of the lower
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, and discovered many of the endemics and other more widespread species (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB84B53FFA4FFD4A356FC1E61B031A1" author="Peters WCH" box="[303,435,964,988]" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245" refId="ref45966" refString="Peters WCH. 1868. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Auf Befehl seiner Majestat des Konigs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgefuhrt: Zoologie. IV. Flussfische. Mit zwanzig Kupfertafeln. Berlin: Georg Reimer." type="book" year="1868">Peters 1868</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB84B53FFA4FFD4A3C7FC1E623331A1" author="Bills IR" box="[446,560,964,988]" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245" pagination="461 - 485" refId="ref43819" refString="Bills IR. 2000. Freshwater fish survey of the lower Zambezi River, Mozambique. Chapter 7, Appendix 7.1. In: Timberlake JR, editor. Biodiversity of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands, Consultancy report for IUCN ROSA. Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, Bulawayo: The Zambezi Society, Harare. p. 461 - 485." type="book chapter" year="2000">Bills 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9636A2FFA4FFD4A2AAFBDE63A73641" blockId="68.[211,1171,1028,1084]" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A2AAFBDE613E3661" box="[211,317,1028,1052]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">Remarks.</emphasis>
In comparison,
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFA4FFD4A381FBDF625F3661" box="[504,604,1029,1052]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245">P. petersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E57CBFFA4FFD4A01DFBDF62BA3661" box="[612,697,1029,1052]" pageId="68" pageNumber="2245" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is characterized by a very long PAL, long PDL, long LSc and LSo, quite high BD, and a usually high SPc.
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