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sauvagii, Mormyrus (Petrocephalus) Boulenger [G. A.] 1887:149 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 19 (no. 110) (art. 19); ref. 14472] Lower Congo [no more precise locality]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.1.13.3. Misspelled sauvagei by Pellegrin 1921:635 [ref. 30437]. •Valid as Petrocephalus sauvagii (Boulenger 1887) -- (Gosse 1984:113 [ref. 6169], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:171 [ref. 21589], Bigorne & Paugy 1991:23 [ref. 20122], Lavoué et al. 2010:29 [ref. 30944], Lavoué 2011:23 [ref. 31401], Kramer et al. 2012:2233 [ref. 32160], Lavoué 2012:2166 [ref. 32189], Munene et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1686 [ref. 39000]). Current status: Valid as Petrocephalus sauvagii (Boulenger 1887). Mormyridae. Distribution: Central Africa: Congo and Niger river basins. Habitat: freshwater.


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