n = 76
| Scientific Name | Author | Valid Name | Family | English Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrocephalus affinis | Sauvage, 1879 | Stomatorhinus walkeri | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus ansorgii | Boulenger, 1903 | Petrocephalus ansorgii | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus anterodorsalis | David & Poll, 1937 | Pollimyrus tumifrons | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus arnegardi | Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014 | Petrocephalus arnegardi | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus balayi | Sauvage, 1883 | Petrocephalus balayi | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus ballayi | Sauvage, 1883 | Petrocephalus balayi | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus balteatus | Rochebrune, 1885 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Petrocephalus bane | (Lacepède, 1803) | Petrocephalus bane | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus bane ansorgii | Boulenger, 1903 | Petrocephalus ansorgii | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus bane bane | (Lacepède, 1803) | Petrocephalus bane | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus bane comoensis | de Merona, 1979 | Petrocephalus bane | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus bane tchadensis | Blache & Miton, 1961 | Petrocephalus bane | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus binotatus | Pellegrin, 1924 | Petrocephalus binotatus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus boboto | Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014 | Petrocephalus boboto | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus bovei | (Valenciennes, 1847) | Petrocephalus bovei | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus bovei bovei | (Valenciennes, 1847) | Petrocephalus bovei | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus bovei guineensis | Reizer, Mattei & Chevalier, 1973 | Petrocephalus bovei | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus bovei occidentalis | Reizer, Mattei & Chevalier, 1973 | Petrocephalus bovei | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus brevipedunculatus | Svensson, 1933 | Petrocephalus bovei | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus catastoma | (Günther, 1866) | Petrocephalus catostoma | Mormyridae | Churchill |
| Petrocephalus catostoma | (Günther, 1866) | Petrocephalus catostoma | Mormyridae | Churchill |
| Petrocephalus catostoma catostoma | (Günther, 1866) | Petrocephalus catostoma | Mormyridae | Churchill |
| Petrocephalus catostoma congicus | David & Poll, 1937 | Petrocephalus congicus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus catostoma haullevillei | Boulenger, 1912 | Petrocephalus haullevillii | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus catostoma tanensis | Whitehead & Greenwood, 1959 | Petrocephalus tanensis | Mormyridae | Tana-churchill |
| Petrocephalus catostomus | (Günther, 1866) | Petrocephalus catostoma | Mormyridae | Churchill |
| Petrocephalus christyi | Boulenger, 1920 | Petrocephalus christyi | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus congicus | David & Poll, 1937 | Petrocephalus congicus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus cunganus | Boulenger, 1910 | Petrocephalus cunganus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus degeni | Boulenger, 1906 | Petrocephalus degeni | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus discorhynchus | (Peters, 1852) | Cyphomyrus discorhynchus | Mormyridae | Zambesi parrotfish |
| Petrocephalus frieli | Lavoué, 2012 | Petrocephalus frieli | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus gliroides | (Vinciguerra, 1897) | Petrocephalus gliroides | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus grandoculis | Boulenger, 1920 | Petrocephalus grandoculis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus guttatus | Fowler, 1936 | Pollimyrus guttatus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus haullevillii | Boulenger, 1912 | Petrocephalus haullevillii | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus houllevillei | Boulenger, 1912 | Petrocephalus haullevillii | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus hutereaui | (Boulenger, 1913) | Petrocephalus hutereaui | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus keatingii | Boulenger, 1901 | Petrocephalus keatingii | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus leo | Lavoué, 2016 | Petrocephalus leo | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus levequei | Bigorne & Paugy, 1990 | Petrocephalus levequei | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus longianalis | Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | Petrocephalus longianalis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus longicapitis | Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | Petrocephalus longicapitis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus magnitrunci | Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | Petrocephalus magnitrunci | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus magnoculis | Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | Petrocephalus magnoculis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus marchei | Sauvage, 1879 | Ivindomyrus marchei | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus mbossou | Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 | Petrocephalus mbossou | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus microphthalmus | Pellegrin, 1909 | Petrocephalus microphthalmus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus odzalaensis | Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 | Petrocephalus odzalaensis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus okavagoensis | Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | Petrocephalus okavangensis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus okavangensis | Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | Petrocephalus okavangensis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus okavangoensis | Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | Petrocephalus okavangensis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus | Bigorne & Paugy, 1990 | Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus pellegrini | Poll, 1941 | Petrocephalus pellegrini | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus petersi | Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012 | Petrocephalus petersi | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus pictus | Marcusen, 1864 | Hippopotamyrus pictus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus pulsivertens | Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 | Petrocephalus pulsivertens | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus sauvagei | (Boulenger, 1887) | Petrocephalus sauvagii | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus sauvagii | (Boulenger, 1887) | Petrocephalus sauvagii | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus schoutedeni | Poll, 1954 | Petrocephalus schoutedeni | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus similis | Lavoué, 2011 | Petrocephalus similis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus simus | Sauvage, 1879 | Petrocephalus simus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus soudanensis | Bigorne & Paugy, 1990 | Petrocephalus soudanensis | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus squalostoma | (Boulenger, 1915) | Petrocephalus squalostoma | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus steindachneri | Fowler, 1958 | Petrocephalus steindachneri | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus stuhlmanni | Boulenger, 1909 | Petrocephalus stuhlmanni | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus stuhlmanni congicus | David & Poll, 1937 | Petrocephalus congicus | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus stuhlmanni haullevillei | Boulenger, 1912 | Petrocephalus haullevillii | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus sullivani | Lavoué, Hopkins & Kamdem Toham, 2004 | Petrocephalus sullivani | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus tanensis | Whitehead & Greenwood, 1959 | Petrocephalus tanensis | Mormyridae | Tana-churchill |
| Petrocephalus tenuicauda | (Steindachner, 1894) | Petrocephalus tenuicauda | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus valentini | Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 | Petrocephalus valentini | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus vanderbilti | Fowler, 1936 | Pollimyrus isidori | Mormyridae | Elephant Fish |
| Petrocephalus walkeri | (Günther, 1867) | Stomatorhinus walkeri | Mormyridae | |
| Petrocephalus wesselsi | Kramer & van der Bank, 2000 | Petrocephalus wesselsi | Mormyridae | Southern Churchill |
| Petrocephalus zakoni | Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010 | Petrocephalus zakoni | Mormyridae |