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Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851

Marbled lungfish
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Burundi country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Found in Rusizi (Ref. 41363, 98755), Malagarazi River, affluents of Lake Tanganyika and Upper Nile system (Ref. 98755).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/by.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Banyankimbona, G., E. Vreven, G. Ntakimazi and J. Snoeks, 2012
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Lung-fish, Lungfish, Etiopisk lungefisk, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ceratodontiformes (Australian lungfishes) > Protopteridae (African lungfishes)
Etymology: Protopterus: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335);  aethiopicus: Named after Is. Mesmaekers, commander in Boma (Ref. 40587).
  More on author: Heckel.

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

; Água doce demersal; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 60 m (Ref. 34291), usually 0 - 20 m (Ref. 34291).   Tropical; 25°C - 30°C (Ref. 2059)

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