Petrocephalus longicapitis Kramer & Bills & Skelton & Wink 2012, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Kramer, Bernd
name: Bills, Roger
name: Skelton, Paul
name: Wink, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae
Petrocephalus
Petrocephalus longicapitis

description: Petrocephalus longicapitis sp. nov.   
 SAIAB 85916 Holotype, 19fish, 8.4 cm SL, Upper Zambezi River at Katima Mulilo, East Caprivi, Namibia, rocks in middle of river (opposite boat landing), approx. 17 ◦ 29 ′ 30 ′′ S, 24 ◦ 16 ′ 18 ′′ E, 10 September 1993, coll. F.H. Van der Bank and B. Kramer,   
 Paratypes: SMF 28265(27), 3.8–9.0 cm SL (one of which 2.8 cm SL); SAIAB 85911 (2), 25fish, 26fish, 8.4–8.5 cm SL; SAIAB 85917 (2), 14fish, 16fish, 8.0– 8.4 cm SL; SAIAB 85918 (3), 37fish, 38fish, 43fish, 7.6–7.9 cm SL; all from same location, 10–13 September 1993, water conductivity and temperature, 81 µS / cm, 21.8 ◦ C, SL from 28 –105 mm, coll. F.H. Van der Bank and B. Kramer,   
 Non-types: ZSM 38657(1), L29isi, 10.3 cm SL, Lisikili backwater of Zambezi downstream of Katima Mulilo, 17 ◦ 29 ′ S, 24 ◦ 26 ′ E, 6 March 1994, 56.1 µS / cm and 26.8 ◦ C, gravid female, coll. F.H. Van der Bank and B. Kramer,   
 Non-types: ZSM 38658(1), N53ak, 9.5 cm SL, specimen from Kwando River, Nakatwa, 18 ◦ 06 ′ S, 23 ◦ 23 ′ E, 9 March 1994, 130 µS / cm and 24.9 ◦ C, gravid female, coll. F.H. Van der Bank and B. Kramer,   
 Non-types: SAIAB 85909 (3), Ven 02, Ven 03, Ven 09, 8.1–9.1 cm SL, from Zambezi rapids at Wenela just upstream of Katima Mulilo (border post to Zambia; 17 ◦ 29 ′ 21.5 ′′ S, 24 ◦ 15 ′ 33 ′′ E, 9 September 1997, coll. F.H. Van der Bank and B. Kramer,   
 Non-types: SAIAB 041208 (5), 6.1–7.3 cm SL, Zambia, North West Province, E Lumwana, confluence of Mwambezhi and East Lumwana Rivers (Upper Kabompo / Zambezi system), off Mwinilunga-Solwezi road, 12 ◦ 15 ′ S, 25 ◦ 40 ′ E, 31 July 1983, coll. R. Bills,   
 Non-types: SAIAB 041025 (1), 3.6 cm SL, Zambia, North West Province, Off Solwezi- Mwinilunga Road, Zambezi River system, Kabompo River, Lumwana River, 12 ◦ 15 ′ S, 25 ◦ 40 ′ E, 31 July 1983, coll. R. Bills,   
 Non-types: SAIAB 042559 (18), 4.1–10.4 cm SL, specimens of Petrocephalus from Zambia, below dam and fish ladder, Kafue / Zambezi River system, Mwekera Stream, 12 ◦ 40 ′ S, 28 ◦ 30 ′ E, 1 July 1983, coll. R. Bills,   
 Non-types: SAIAB 41224 (4), 10.2–11.0 cm SL, specimens of Petrocephalus from Zambia, Kafue System, Mwekera Stream pool below waterfalls, 12 ◦ 40 ′ 00 ′′ S, 28 ◦ 30 ′ 00 ′′ E, 4 July 1983, coll. R. Bills,   
 Non-types: SAIAB 040074 (1), 7.7 cm SL, Petrocephalus, Zambia, East Lunga River, Kafue / Zambezi River system, Lunga River, 14 ◦ 00 ′ S, 26 ◦ 30 ′ E, 17 April 1983, coll. R. Bills.
description: Published as part of Kramer, Bernd, Bills, Roger, Skelton, Paul & Wink, Michael, 2012, A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species, pp. 2179-2258 in Journal of Natural History 46 (35 - 36) on pages 2190-2191, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.708452, http://zenodo.org/record/4590828