Species that contain: Petrocephalus and bovei [ 3 ] records

bovei, Mormyrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:283 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Nile River, Egypt. Syntypes: MNHN A-0906 (2), 1967 (2), 4404 (11). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:264 [ref. 293]. •Valid as Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Gosse 1984:110 [ref. 6169], Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478] dated 1846, Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:169 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477] dated 1846, Bigorne & Paugy 1991:13 [ref. 20122], Dankwa et al. 1999:17 [ref. 28023], Hopkins et al. 2007:247 [ref. 30019], Lavoué 2011:23 [ref. 31401], Kramer et al. 2012:2232 [ref. 32160]). Current status: Valid as Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes 1847). Mormyridae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

brevipedunculatus, Petrocephalus Svensson [G. S. O.] 1933:31, Fig. 11 [Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 16524] Swamps along Gambia River, western Africa. Syntypes: NRM 11134 (8, now 6), 14488 (3), 31363-65 (1, 1, 1), 31520 (1), 31515 (1), 31520 (1), 31582-83 (2, 1). •Valid as Petrocephalus brevipedunculatus Svensson 1933 -- (Gosse 1984:110 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:169 [ref. 21589], Kramer et al. 2012:2232 [ref. 32160]). Current status: Synonym of Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes 1847). Mormyridae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

guineensis, Petrocephalus bovei Reizer [C.], Mattei [X.] & Chevalier [J.-L.] 1973:691, Fig. [Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (Serie A) Sciences Naturelles v. 35 (no. 3); ref. 17327] Senegal River, Senegal. By mistake, listed as Petrocephalus bovei occidentalis instead of guineensis on p. 692. •Synonym of Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes 1847), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Gosse 1984:110 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Kramer et al. 2012:2232 [ref. 32160]). Current status: Synonym of Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes 1847). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.