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Chiloglanis lukugae Poll, 1944

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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Luvua drainage (upper Congo River basin), which is the actual type locality, in stead of the Lukuga as stated in original description (Ref. 78218). Also reported from affluents of Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 78218), Rusizi basin (Ref. 87863), the middle Congo basin (Ref. 78218, 106245) and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245). Furthermore collected in the upper Lualaba and Sankuru basin (Ref. 12818). According to Ref. 78218 only the types can with certainty be identified as this species, awaiting revision. Also Ref. 3202.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Seegers, L., 2008
National Database:

Common names from other countries

卢库盘唇鲿, Kuya liwe, 盧庫盤唇鱨, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes) > Chiloglanidinae
Etymology: Chiloglanis: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Poll.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 6°S - 14°S

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