Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer and Van der Bank 2000
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 wesselsi

description: Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer and Van der Bank, 2000   
 ZSM 28556, holotype, 10.8 cm SL; ZSM 28554 – ZSM 28555, ZSM 28557 – ZSM 28566 (12 paratypes, 5.6–10.1 cm SL), SMF 28266 (13 paratypes, 5.7–8.9 cm SL), SAIAB 054449 (13 paratypes, 5.4–8.4 cm SL), all from Sabie River, Kruger National Park, South Africa, bridge near Lower Sabie tourist camp (25 ◦ 07 ′ S, 31 ◦ 55 ′ E), 29–30 March 1996, coll. F.H. Van der Bank and B. Kramer, 139 µS / cm and 25.1 ◦ C,   
Non-types: SAIAB 85922(5), 2.0–3.0 cm SL, same time and place etc. as previous paragraph,  
 SAIAB 58157 (9), SL 4.7–9.8 cm, Nwanedzi River (Limpopo system) at Nwanedi, Northern Province, South Africa, below dams, 22 ◦ 37 ′ 45 ′′ S, 30 ◦ 23 ′ 52 ′′ E, 25 March 1997, coll B. van der Waal,   
 SAIAB 85920 (2), 4.8–5.7 cm SL, Groot Letaba River (Olifants System, Limpopo drainage) just below Tzaneen Dam, Northern Province, South Africa, 23 ◦ 49 ′ 00 ′′ S, 30 ◦ 10 ′ 00 ′′ E, 22 September 1998, coll. W. Vlok and B. Kramer, 114 µS / cm and 21.4 ◦ C,   
 SAIAB 85923 (6), 3.8–9.0 cm SL, Blyde River (Olifants System, Limpopo drainage) just below Blydepoortriviers Dam, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 24 ◦ 32 ′ 00 ′′ S, 30 ◦ 47 ′ 05 ′′ E, 25 / 26 September 1998, coll. J. Engelbrecht and B. Kramer, 154 µS / cm and 16.7 ◦ C, 82–90 mm SL,   
 SAIAB 85919 (1), 7.2 cm SL, Pongola River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, at bridge on road from Ndumo to Kosibay, 27 ◦ 01 ′ 15 ′′ S, 32 ◦ 18 ′ E, 14 August 1999, coll. J. Engelbrecht and B. Kramer, 600 µS / cm and 22 ◦ C,   
 SAIAB 068279 (2), 4.6–8.8 cm SL, Mnjoli Dam Wall, Mbuluzi River, Swaziland, 26 ◦ 09 ′ 41 ′′ S, 31 ◦ 40 ′ 14 ′′ E, 29 January 2003, coll. R. C. Boycott,   
 SAIAB 067228 (1), 8.9 cm SL, Mnjoli Dam Wall, Mbuluzi River, Swaziland, 26 ◦ 09 ′ 41 ′′ S, 31 ◦ 40 ′ 14 ′′ E, 14 August 2002, coll. R. C. Boycott,   
 SAIAB 066355 (1), 9.8 cm SL, Mnjoli Dam Wall, Mbuluzi River, Swaziland, 26 ◦ 09 ′ 26 ′′ S, 31 ◦ 40 ′ 10 ′′ E, 19 July 2002, coll. R. C. Boycott,   
 SAIAB 95989 (30), 3.7–6.0 cm SL, specimens: Mogol05–Mogol14, Mogol17, Mogol20, Mogol21, Mogol30, Mogol31a, Mogol31b, Mogol39–Mogol51; and ZSM 39537(8), 4.5–5.9 cm SL, specimens: Mogol52–Mogol56, Mogol58–Mogol60; and ZSM 39538 (10), 4.3–5.4 cm SL, specimens: Mogol 61– Mogol 66, MogolDead 1– MogolDead 3, ohne Fish-ID; Limpopo System: Mokolo River, 24 ◦ 06.823 ′ S, 27 ◦ 48.153 ′ E, altitude 932 m, near Hermanusdorings, 20 October 2008, coll. A. Hoffman and B. Kramer,   
 SAIAB 96537 (2), 4.8 cm SL, specimens Palala 04, Palala 05, Limpopo System: Lepalala River, 23 ◦ 59.049 ′ S, 28 ◦ 24.281 ′ E, 1144 m altitude, near Melkrivier, 22 October 2008, coll. A. Hoffman and Bernd Kramer.   
 Other material examined, of uncertain status   
 SAIAB 059515 (1), 8.5 cm SL, Petrocephalus sp., Tanzania, Lake Rukwa at mouth of Luika River, Lake Rukwa, Luika, 8 ◦ 24 ′ 5 ′′ S, 32 ◦ 54 ′ 20 ′′ E, 19 November 1995, coll. P. Skelton,   
 SAIAB 039264 (1), 7.7 cm SL, Petrocephalus sp., Malawi, Zikanyeka Beach, Lake Chiuta, 14 ◦ 43 ′ S, 35 ◦ 51 ′ E, 13 July 1992, coll. D. Tweddle.
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 2193-2194, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.708452, http://zenodo.org/record/4590828