| Petrocephalus wesselsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Petrocephalus |
| Species: | P. wesselsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrocephalus wesselsi B. J. Kramer & van der Bank, 2000
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Petrocephalus wesselsi, commonly known as the Southern Churchill, is a species of weakly electric fish in the family Mormyridae, commonly known as elephantfishes. This species was described in 2000 by Kramer and van der Bank.[1]
- ^ Kramer, B., & van der Bank, F.H. (2000). The southern churchill, Petrocephalus wesselsi, a new species of mormyrid from South Africa defined by electric organ discharges, genetics, and morphology. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 59(4):393-413.