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Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)

Zaire lampeye
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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the middle Congo River (Ref. 59344, 103403), Sankuru (Ref. 103403), Ruki, Mongala (Ref. 59344), Itimbiri (Ref. 59344, 103403), Aruwimi (Ref. 59344, 106290), Tshopo (Ref. 59344, 103403), Wagenia Falls (Ref. 103403, 106245) and Lualaba (Ref. 31267, 59344, 103403). Also Ref. 3788, 27139.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wildekamp, R.H., 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Viirutähtisilmä, Zaire-Leuchtaugenfisch, 花高鮰, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Procatopodidae (African lampeyes) > Procatopodinae
Etymology: Hypsopanchax: Greek, hypsi = high + Panchax, a word created by Meinken in 1932 .
  More on authors: Nichols & Griscom.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 5.8 - 7.2; non-migratory.   Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 12468)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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