Petrocephalus Marcusen [J.] 1854:14 [51] Masc. Mormyrus bane Lacepède 1803. Type by subsequent designation. Several included species; earliest type designation not researched; type above as given by Jordan 1919:334 [ref. 4904]. •Valid as Petrocephalus Marcusen 1854 -- (Taverne 1972:162 [ref. 6367], Gosse 1984:108 [ref. 6169], Lévêque et al. 1989:115 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:299 [ref. 26478], Bigorne in Lévêque et al. 1990:164 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Bigorne & Paugy 1991 [ref. 20122], Poll & Gosse 1995:133 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:67 [ref. 23725], Dankwa et al. 1999:16 [ref. 28023], Kramer & van der Bank 2000:393 [ref. 25762], Hilton 2003:90 [ref. 26584], Lavoué et al. 2004:512 [ref. 27871], Hopkins et al. 2007:233 [ref. 30019], Lavoué et al. 2010:2 [ref. 30944], Lavoué 2011:20 [ref. 31401], Marshall 2011:40 [ref. 31755], Marshall 2011:54 [ref. 31755], Kramer et al. 2012:2179, 2228 [ref. 32160], Lavoué 2012:2159 [ref. 32189], Lavoué & Sullivan 2014:43 [ref. 33262], Sullivan et al. 2016:140 [ref. 34183], Lavoué 2016:319 [ref. 34484]). Current status: Valid as Petrocephalus Marcusen 1854. Mormyridae.