Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
endemic
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Known from Pool Malebo, main course of the middle Congo River, the Ubangi (Ref. 44985), Lomami and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245). Also Ref. 7094.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Poll, M., 1939
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Distichodontidae (Distichodus)
Etymology: Belonophago:Greek, belone = needle; any fish with sharp pointed snout; also Pierre Belon, 1517-64, French zoologist born in Le Mans. Professor at the College de France, author of " La nature et diversité des poissons", 1551 + Greek, phagein = to eat (Ref. 45335). More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology