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African weakly electric fishes of the genus Petrocephalus (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) of Odzala National Park, Republic of the Congo (Lékoli River, Congo River basin) with description of five new species

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Lavoué, Sébastien, Sullivan, John P., Arnegard, Matthew E. (2010): African weakly electric fishes of the genus Petrocephalus (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) of Odzala National Park, Republic of the Congo (Lékoli River, Congo River basin) with description of five new species. Zootaxa 2600: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197589

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  • Holotype, MRAC P 1805 [Dungu, Uele, Upper Congo (estimated 3.70° N, 28.67° E)].
  • Holotype, MNHN 2003-619 [Gabon, Ogooue River near the park of La Lope, (0.1° S, 11.58° N), M.E. Arnegard, C.D. Hopkins, S. Lavoue & T. Uschold coll., 20 August 2001.]. Paratypes, 32 specimens, MNHN 2002-266, CU 88992, CU 83120, MRAC A3-06-P-1-7 and AMNH 233602 [same locality as the holotype.].